دختر
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Persian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (dwhtl /duxtar/), oblique case of [Book Pahlavi needed] (dwht' /duxt/), from Old Persian *duxçī-, from Proto-Iranian *dúgdā. Cognate with Vedic Sanskrit दुहिता (duhitā), Northern Kurdish dot, Pashto لور (lur), Mazanderani دتر (deter), Baluchi دہت (duht).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /dux.ˈtar/
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [d̪ox.t̪ʰæɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [d̪uχ.t̪ʰäɾ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | duxtar |
| Dari reading? | duxtar |
| Iranian reading? | doxtar |
| Tajik reading? | duxtar |
Audio (Iran): (file) - (dialectal, Isfahan, Hamadan) IPA(key): /doxˈtʰeɾ/ or IPA(key): /doxˈdeɾ/
- Rhymes: -ar
Noun
[edit]| Dari | دختر |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | духтар |
دختر • (duxtar / doxtar) (plural دختران (duxtarān / doxtarân), or دخترها (duxtar-hā / doxtar-hâ), Tajik spelling духтар)
Inflection
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| bare | دختر (doxtar) | دختران، دخترا△ (doxtarấn, doxtarấ△) |
| definitive direct object | دختر را، دختر رو△ (doxtar râ, doxtaro△) | دختران را، دخترا رو△ (doxtarấn râ, doxtarấ ro△) |
| ezâfe | دختر (doxtar-e) | دختران، دخترای△ (doxtarấn-e, doxtarấ-ye△) |
| marked indefinite or relative definite |
دختری (doxtar-i) | دخترانی، دخترایی△ (doxtarấn-i, doxtarấi△) |
△ Colloquial.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person singular (“my”) |
دخترم (doxtaram) | دخترهایم، دخترهام، دخترام△ (doxtar-hấyam, doxtarấm△) |
| 2nd person singular (“your”) |
دخترت (doxtarat, doxtaret△) | دخترهایت، دخترهات، دخترات△ (doxtar-hấyat, doxtarất△) |
| 3rd person singular (“his, her, its”) |
دخترش (doxtaraš, doxtareš△) | دخترهایش، دخترهاش، دختراش△ (doxtar-hấyaš, doxtarấš△) |
| 1st person plural (“our”) |
دخترمان، دخترمون△ (doxtaremân, doxtaremun△) | دخترهایمان، دخترهامون، دخترامون△ (doxtar-hấyemân, doxtarấmun△) |
| 2nd person plural (“your”) |
دخترتان، دخترتون△ (doxtaretân, doxtaretun△) | دخترهایتان، دخترهاتون، دختراتون△ (doxtar-hấyetân, doxtarấtun△) |
| 3rd person plural (“their”) |
دخترشان، دخترشون△ (doxtarešân, doxtarešun△) | دخترهایشان، دخترهاشون، دختراشون△ (doxtar-hấyešân, doxtarấšun△) |
△ Colloquial.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| bare | دختر (duxtar) | دختران (duxtarā́n) |
| definitive direct object | دختر را، دختر ره△ (duxtar rā́, duxtara△) | دختران را، دخترا ره△ (duxtarā́n rā́, duxtarā́ ra△) |
| izāfa | دختر (duxtar-i) | دختران، دخترای△ (duxtarā́n-i, duxtarā́-yi△) |
| marked indefinite or relative definite |
دختری (duxtar-ē) | دخترانی، دخترایی△ (duxtarā́n-ē, duxtarā́-yē△) |
△ Colloquial Dari.
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| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person singular (“my”) |
دخترم (duxtaram) | دخترهایم، دخترایم△ (duxtar-hā́yam, duxtarā́ym△) |
| 2nd person singular (“your”) |
دخترت (duxtarat) | دخترهایت، دخترایت△ (duxtar-hā́yat, duxtarā́yt△) |
| 3rd person singular (“his, her, its”) |
دخترش، دخترشِی△ (duxtaraš, duxtaršī△) | دخترهایش، دخترایش△ (duxtar-hā́yaš, duxtarā́yš△) |
| 1st person plural (“our”) |
دخترمان، دخترما△ (duxtarimān, duxtarimā△) | دخترهایمان، دخترایما△ (duxtar-hā́yimān, duxtarā́ymā△) |
| 2nd person plural (“your”) |
دخترتان (duxtaritān) | دخترهایتان، دخترایتان△ (duxtar-hā́yitān, duxtarā́ytān△) |
| 3rd person plural (“their”) |
دخترشان (duxtarišān) | دخترهایشان، دخترایشان△ (duxtar-hā́yišān, duxtarā́yšān△) |
△ Colloquial.
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Urdu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]| PIE word |
|---|
| *dʰugh₂tḗr |
Borrowed from Classical Persian دُخْتَر (duxtar, “daughter”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /d̪ʊx.t̪əɾ/
- Hyphenation: دُخْ‧تَر
- Rhymes: -əɾ
Noun
[edit]دُخْتَر • (duxtar) f (Hindi spelling दुख़्तर)
Derived terms
[edit]- دُخْتَرَک (duxtarak, “little girl”)
- دُخْتَری (duxtarī, “maidenhood; virginity”)
- دُخْتَرِ خَانَہ (duxtar-e-xāna, “unmarried girl”, literally “daughter of the house”)
- دُخْتَرِ رَبِیبَہ (duxtar-e-rabība, “stepdaughter”)
- دُخْتَرِ عِنَب (duxtar-e-'inab, “grape wine”, literally “daughter of grapes”)
References
[edit]- Fallon, S. W. (1879), “دختر”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 619
- “دختر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Platts, John T. (1884), “دختر”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 507
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “دختر”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 302
- “دختر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- John Shakespear (1834), “دختر”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC, page 844
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- fa:Female family members
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