dhií

Phalura

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰewgʰ-?

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr?

Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr

Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰúgʰHtā

Sanskrit दुहितृ (duhitṛ)

Phalura dhií

Inherited from Sanskrit दुहितृ (duhitṛ), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰúgʰHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr, possibly from *dʰewgʰ- + *-tḗr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dhií/

Noun

dhií f (Perso-Arabic spelling دھی)

1. daughter

Declension

Liljegren supplies dhiá with vowel shortening for the oblique singular nominative plural, but also specifies a-declension (not irregular) as the class.

Declension of dhií (a-decl ending in -í or -ú)
	singular	plural
nominative	dhií	dhiiá
oblique	dhií	dhiióom

Derived terms

• dhiúuṛi
• dhiúuṛu

 

References

• Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “dhií”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “duhitŕ̥”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 370