दूत

See also: दत्, दात, दाता, दाते, दातृ, दांत, दांतो, दांतों, दाँत, दाँती, दाँतो, दाँतों, दुत, दिति, दीति, देता, देती, देतीं, देते, दैत, दोत, दौत, and दंत

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit दूत (dūta).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪uːt̪/

Noun

दूत • (dūt) m

1. ambassador
2. envoy
3. messenger
4. negotiator

Declension

Declension of दूत (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	दूत dūt	दूत dūt
oblique	दूत dūt	दूतों dūtõ
vocative	दूत dūt	दूतो dūto

Derived terms

• दूतावास (dūtāvās)

References

• McGregor, R.S, ed. The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, Oxford university press. 1993
• Platts, John Thompson. A dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English London: W. H. Allen & Co., 1884.

Old Gujarati

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit दूत (dūta).

Noun

दूत • (dūta) m

1. messenger

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• dūta (Latin script)
• 𑀤𑀽𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• দূত (Bengali script)
• දූත (Sinhalese script)
• ဒူတ or ၻူတ (Burmese script)
• ทูต or ทูตะ (Thai script)
• ᨴᩪᨲ (Tai Tham script)
• ທູຕ or ທູຕະ (Lao script)
• ទូត (Khmer script)
• 𑄘𑄫𑄖 (Chakma script)

Noun

दूत m

1. Devanagari script form of dūta (“messenger”)

Declension

Declension table of "दूत" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	दूतो (dūto)	दूता (dūtā)
Accusative (second)	दूतं (dūtaṃ)	दूते (dūte)
Instrumental (third)	दूतेन (dūtena)	दूतेहि (dūtehi) or दूतेभि (dūtebhi)
Dative (fourth)	दूतस्स (dūtassa) or दूताय (dūtāya) or दूतत्थं (dūtatthaṃ)	दूतानं (dūtānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	दूतस्मा (dūtasmā) or दूतम्हा (dūtamhā) or दूता (dūtā)	दूतेहि (dūtehi) or दूतेभि (dūtebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	दूतस्स (dūtassa)	दूतानं (dūtānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	दूतस्मिं (dūtasmiṃ) or दूतम्हि (dūtamhi) or दूते (dūte)	दूतेसु (dūtesu)
Vocative (calling)	दूत (dūta)	दूता (dūtā)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• দূত (Assamese script)
• ᬤᬹᬢ (Balinese script)
• দূত (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰳𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑀽𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• ဒူတ (Burmese script)
• દૂત (Gujarati script)
• ਦੂਤ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌦𑍂𑌤 (Grantha script)
• ꦢꦹꦠ (Javanese script)
• 𑂠𑂴𑂞 (Kaithi script)
• ದೂತ (Kannada script)
• ទូត (Khmer script)
• ທູຕ (Lao script)
• ദൂത (Malayalam script)
• ᡩᡠᡠᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘟𑘴𑘝 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠤᠤᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦿𑧕𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐡𑐹𑐟 (Newa script)
• ଦୂତ (Odia script)
• ꢣꢹꢡ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆢𑆷𑆠 (Sharada script)
• 𑖟𑖳𑖝 (Siddham script)
• දූත (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩭𑩒𑩛𑩫 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚛𑚱𑚙 (Takri script)
• தூ³த (Tamil script)
• దూత (Telugu script)
• ทูต (Thai script)
• དཱུ་ཏ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑒴𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨛𑨃𑨊𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *duHtás (“messenger; envoy to a far off place”), from Proto-Indo-European *dweh₂- (“far, long”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬛𐬎𐬙𐬀 (duta), 𐬛𐬏𐬙𐬀 (dūta).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /duː.tɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪uː.t̪ɐ/

Noun

दूत • (dūtá) stem, m

1. messenger, envoy
   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 4.7.9:

     यदप्रवीता दधते ह गर्भं सद्यश्चिज्जातो भवसीदु दूतः॥

     yadapravītā dadhate ha garbhaṃ sadyaścijjāto bhavasīdu dūtaḥ.

     When she, yet unimpregnate, hath conceived thee, even when newly born thou art an envoy.

2. ambassador
3. negotiator

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of दूत

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	दूतः (dūtáḥ)	दूतौ (dūtáu) दूता¹ (dūtā́¹)	दूताः (dūtā́ḥ) दूतासः¹ (dūtā́saḥ¹)
accusative	दूतम् (dūtám)	दूतौ (dūtáu) दूता¹ (dūtā́¹)	दूतान् (dūtā́n)
instrumental	दूतेन (dūténa)	दूताभ्याम् (dūtā́bhyām)	दूतैः (dūtáiḥ) दूतेभिः¹ (dūtébhiḥ¹)
dative	दूताय (dūtā́ya)	दूताभ्याम् (dūtā́bhyām)	दूतेभ्यः (dūtébhyaḥ)
ablative	दूतात् (dūtā́t)	दूताभ्याम् (dūtā́bhyām)	दूतेभ्यः (dūtébhyaḥ)
genitive	दूतस्य (dūtásya)	दूतयोः (dūtáyoḥ)	दूतानाम् (dūtā́nām)
locative	दूते (dūté)	दूतयोः (dūtáyoḥ)	दूतेषु (dūtéṣu)
vocative	दूत (dū́ta)	दूतौ (dū́tau) दूता¹ (dū́tā¹)	दूताः (dū́tāḥ) दूतासः¹ (dū́tāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: dūta
  • → Khmer: ទូត (tuut)
  • → Lao: ທູດ (thūt)
  • → Thai: ทูต (tûut)
• Kashmiri: دٟتھ (dụ̄th)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀤𑀽𑀅 (dūa)
• → Awadhi: दूत (dūt)
• → Hindi: दूत (dūt)
• → Indonesian: duta
• → Kannada: ದೂತ (dūta)
• → Malayalam: ദൂതൻ (dūtaṉ)
• → Old Gujarati: दूत (dūta)
• → Tamil: தூதுவர் (tūtuvar)
• → Telugu: దూత (dūta)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “दूत”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 489, column 2.