द्रोह

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit द्रोह (dróha).

Noun

द्रोह • (droh) m (Urdu spelling دروہ)

1. malice, malevolence (intent to harm)

Declension

Declension of द्रोह (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	द्रोह droh	द्रोह droh
oblique	द्रोह droh	द्रोहों drohõ
vocative	द्रोह droh	द्रोहो droho

Derived terms

• देशद्रोह (deśadroh)
• द्रोहचिंतन (drohcintan)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• দ্ৰোহ (Assamese script)
• ᬤ᭄ᬭᭀᬳ (Balinese script)
• দ্রোহ (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰿𑰨𑰺𑰮 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑁆𑀭𑁄𑀳 (Brahmi script)
• ဒြောဟ (Burmese script)
• દ્રોહ (Gujarati script)
• ਦ੍ਰੋਹ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌦𑍍𑌰𑍋𑌹 (Grantha script)
• ꦢꦿꦺꦴꦲ (Javanese script)
• 𑂠𑂹𑂩𑂷𑂯 (Kaithi script)
• ದ್ರೋಹ (Kannada script)
• ទ្រោហ (Khmer script)
• ທ຺ໂຣຫ (Lao script)
• ദ്രോഹ (Malayalam script)
• ᡩᡵᠣᡥᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘟𑘿𑘨𑘻𑘮 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠷᠣᠸᠠᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦿𑧠𑧈𑧜𑧎 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐡𑑂𑐬𑑀𑐴 (Newa script)
• ଦ୍ରୋହ (Odia script)
• ꢣ꣄ꢬꣂꢲ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆢𑇀𑆫𑆾𑆲 (Sharada script)
• 𑖟𑖿𑖨𑖺𑖮 (Siddham script)
• ද්‍රොහ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩭 𑪙𑩼𑩕𑪂 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚛𑚶𑚤𑚴𑚩 (Takri script)
• த்³ரோஹ (Tamil script)
• ద్రోహ (Telugu script)
• ทฺโรห (Thai script)
• དྲོ་ཧ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑓂𑒩𑒼𑒯 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨛𑩇𑨫𑨆𑨱 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰráwgʰas (“lie, deceit”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrówgʰos (“lie”). Cognate with Old Persian 𐎭𐎼𐎢𐎥 (d-r-u-g /⁠drauga⁠/), Old Norse draugr. Also related to द्रुह् (druh) and द्रोघ (drogha).

Noun

द्रोह • (droha) stem, m

1. injury, mischief, harm, perfidy, treachery, wrong, offence
   • c. 200 BCE – 200 CE, Manusmṛti
   • c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
   • c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of द्रोह (droha)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	द्रोहः drohaḥ	द्रोहौ / द्रोहा¹ drohau / drohā¹	द्रोहाः / द्रोहासः¹ drohāḥ / drohāsaḥ¹
Vocative	द्रोह droha	द्रोहौ / द्रोहा¹ drohau / drohā¹	द्रोहाः / द्रोहासः¹ drohāḥ / drohāsaḥ¹
Accusative	द्रोहम् droham	द्रोहौ / द्रोहा¹ drohau / drohā¹	द्रोहान् drohān
Instrumental	द्रोहेण droheṇa	द्रोहाभ्याम् drohābhyām	द्रोहैः / द्रोहेभिः¹ drohaiḥ / drohebhiḥ¹
Dative	द्रोहाय drohāya	द्रोहाभ्याम् drohābhyām	द्रोहेभ्यः drohebhyaḥ
Ablative	द्रोहात् drohāt	द्रोहाभ्याम् drohābhyām	द्रोहेभ्यः drohebhyaḥ
Genitive	द्रोहस्य drohasya	द्रोहयोः drohayoḥ	द्रोहाणाम् drohāṇām
Locative	द्रोहे drohe	द्रोहयोः drohayoḥ	द्रोहेषु droheṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: doha
• → Kannada: ದ್ರೋಹ (drōha)
• → Malayalam: ദ്രോഹം (drōhaṁ)
• → Old Javanese: drohaka
• → Old Malay: [script needed] (drohaka)
  • Classical Malay: درهاک (derhaka, durhaka)
    • Malay: derhaka, durhaka
      • Indonesian: durhaka
• → Tamil: துரோகம் (turōkam)
• → Telugu: ద్రోహము (drōhamu)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “द्रोह”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 502, column 3.