دختر

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (dwhtl /duxtar/), oblique case of [Book Pahlavi needed] (dwht' /duxt/), from Old Persian *𐎯𐎧𐏂𐎡 (*duxçī-), from Proto-Iranian *dugdā (compare Northern Kurdish dot, Pashto لور‎ (lur), Avestan 𐬛𐬎𐬔𐬆𐬛𐬀𐬭-‎ (dugədar-)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰugʰdʰā (compare Sanskrit दुहितृ (duhitṛ), from *dʰuǰʰitr-), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr (compare Armenian դուստր (dustr), Ancient Greek θυγάτηρ (thugátēr), Lithuanian duktė, Russian дочь (dočʹ), English daughter, German Tochter).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /duxtaɾ/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /dʊxtaɾ/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /doxtæɾ/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /duxtaɾ/

• (dialectal, Isfahan, Hamadan) IPA^(key): /doxˈtʰeɾ/ or IPA^(key): /doxˈdeɾ/
• Rhymes: -ar

Noun

دختر • (doxtar) (plural دختران‎ (doxtarân) or دخترها‎ (doxtar-hâ))

1. daughter
2. girl, gal, lass, maid

Inflection

Basic forms of دختر (doxtar)
	singular	plural
bare	دختر (doxtar)	دختران (doxtarấn) دخترا △ (doxtarấ)
definitive direct object	دختر را (doxtar râ) دختر رو △ (doxtaro)	دختران را (doxtarấn râ) دخترا رو △ (doxtarấ ro)
ezâfe	دختر (doxtar-e)	دختران (doxtarấn-e) دخترای △ (doxtarấ-ye)
marked indefinite or relative definite	دختری (doxtar-i)	دخترانی (doxtarấn-i) دخترایی △ (doxtarấi)
△ Colloquial.

Possessive forms of دختر (doxtar)
	singular	plural
1st person singular (“my”)	دخترم‎ (doxtaram)	دخترانم‎ (doxtarấnam) دخترام‎ △ (doxtarấm)
2nd person singular (“your”)	دخترت‎ (doxtarat) [Term?] △ (doxtaret)	دخترانت‎ (doxtarấnat) دخترات‎ △ (doxtarất)
3rd person singular (“his, her, its”)	دخترش‎ (doxtaraš) [Term?] △ (doxtareš)	دخترانش‎ (doxtarấnaš) دختراش‎ △ (doxtarấš)
1st plural (“our”)	دخترمان‎ (doxtaremân) دخترمون‎ △ (doxtaremun)	دخترانمان‎ (doxtarấnemân) دخترامون‎ △ (doxtarấmun)
2nd plural (“your”)	دخترتان‎ (doxtaretân) دخترتون‎ △ (doxtaretun)	دخترانتان‎ (doxtarấnetân) دختراتون‎ △ (doxtarấtun)
3rd plural (“their”)	دخترشان‎ (doxtarešân) دخترشون‎ △ (doxtarešun)	دخترانشان‎ (doxtarấnešân) دختراشون‎ △ (doxtarấšun)
△ Colloquial.

Related terms

• دخت‎ (doxt)
• دخترانه‎ (doxtarâne)
• دخترباز‎ (doxtarbâz)
• دخترک‎ (doxtarak)
• دختری‎ (doxtari)

 

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: दुख़्तर (duxtar)

  Urdu: دختر‎ (duxtar)

Urdu

Etymology

PIE word
*dʰugh₂tḗr

Borrowed from Classical Persian دختر‎ (duxtar, “daughter”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪ʊx.t̪əɾ/

Noun

دُخْتَر • (duxtar) f (Hindi spelling दुख़्तर)

1. daughter

   Synonym: بیٹی‎ (beṭī)

2. girl

   Synonym: لڑکی‎ (laṛkī)

Derived terms

• دُختَرَک‎ (duxtarak, “little girl”)
• دُختَری‎ (duxtarī, “maidenhood; virginity”)
• دُختَرِ خانَہ‎ (duxtar-e-xāna, “unmarried girl”, literally “daughter of the house”)
• دُختَرِ رَبِیبَہ‎ (duxtar-e-rabība, “stepdaughter”)
• دُختَرِ عِنَب‎ (duxtar-e-'inab, “grape wine”, literally “daughter of grapes”)

References

• “دختر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “دختر”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.