दूत

See also: दत्, दाँत, दाता, दांत, दातृ, and दिति

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit दूत (dūta).

Noun

दूत • (dūt) m

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

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.

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Old Gujarati

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit दूत (dūta).

Noun

दूत • (dūta) m

1. messenger

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Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *dūtás (“messenger”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬛𐬎𐬙𐬀 (duta).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

दूत • (dūtá) stem, m

1. messenger, envoy
2. ambassador
3. negotiator

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of दूत (dūta)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	दूतः dūtaḥ	दूतौ / दूता¹ dūtau / dūtā¹	दूताः / दूतासः¹ dūtāḥ / dūtāsaḥ¹
Vocative	दूत dūta	दूतौ / दूता¹ dūtau / dūtā¹	दूताः / दूतासः¹ dūtāḥ / dūtāsaḥ¹
Accusative	दूतम् dūtam	दूतौ / दूता¹ dūtau / dūtā¹	दूतान् dūtān
Instrumental	दूतेन dūtena	दूताभ्याम् dūtābhyām	दूतैः / दूतेभिः¹ dūtaiḥ / dūtebhiḥ¹
Dative	दूताय dūtāya	दूताभ्याम् dūtābhyām	दूतेभ्यः dūtebhyaḥ
Ablative	दूतात् dūtāt	दूताभ्याम् dūtābhyām	दूतेभ्यः dūtebhyaḥ
Genitive	दूतस्य dūtasya	दूतयोः dūtayoḥ	दूतानाम् dūtānām
Locative	दूते dūte	दूतयोः dūtayoḥ	दूतेषु dūteṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

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