दोषा

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• দোষা (Assamese script)
• ᬤᭀᬱᬵ (Balinese script)
• দোষা (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰺𑰬𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑁄𑀱𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဒေါၑာ (Burmese script)
• દોષા (Gujarati script)
• ਦੋਸ਼ਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌦𑍋𑌷𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦢꦺꦴꦰꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂠𑂷𑂭𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ದೋಷಾ (Kannada script)
• ទោឞា (Khmer script)
• ໂທຩາ (Lao script)
• ദോഷാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡩᠣᢢᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘟𑘻𑘬𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠣᠸᠠᢔᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦿𑧜𑧌𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐡𑑀𑐲𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଦୋଷା (Odia script)
• ꢣꣂꢰꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆢𑆾𑆰𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖟𑖺𑖬𑖯 (Siddham script)
• දොෂා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩭𑩕𑪀𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚛𑚴𑚭 (Takri script)
• தே³ாஷா (Tamil script)
• దోషా (Telugu script)
• โทษา (Thai script)
• དོ་ཥཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑒼𑒭𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨛𑨆𑨯𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *dawṣáH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dawšáH, from Proto-Indo-European *dowséh₂. Cognate with Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬊𐬱 (daoš, “night, last night”) and Classical Persian دوش (dōš, “last night”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɐw.ʂɑ́ː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪oː.ʂɑː/

Noun

दोषा • (doṣā́) stem, f

1. darkness, evening, night

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of दोषा (doṣā́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	दोषा doṣā́	दोषे doṣé	दोषाः doṣā́ḥ
Vocative	दोषे dóṣe	दोषे dóṣe	दोषाः dóṣāḥ
Accusative	दोषाम् doṣā́m	दोषे doṣé	दोषाः doṣā́ḥ
Instrumental	दोषया / दोषा¹ doṣáyā / doṣā́¹	दोषाभ्याम् doṣā́bhyām	दोषाभिः doṣā́bhiḥ
Dative	दोषायै doṣā́yai	दोषाभ्याम् doṣā́bhyām	दोषाभ्यः doṣā́bhyaḥ
Ablative	दोषायाः / दोषायै² doṣā́yāḥ / doṣā́yai²	दोषाभ्याम् doṣā́bhyām	दोषाभ्यः doṣā́bhyaḥ
Genitive	दोषायाः / दोषायै² doṣā́yāḥ / doṣā́yai²	दोषयोः doṣáyoḥ	दोषाणाम् doṣā́ṇām
Locative	दोषायाम् doṣā́yām	दोषयोः doṣáyoḥ	दोषासु doṣā́su
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Related terms

• दोषस् (doṣás, “evening, dusk”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “दोषा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 498, column 2.