दोह

See also: दोहा

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• দোহ (Assamese script)
• ᬤᭀᬳ (Balinese script)
• দোহ (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰺𑰮 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑁄𑀳 (Brahmi script)
• ဒေါဟ (Burmese script)
• દોહ (Gujarati script)
• ਦੋਹ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌦𑍋𑌹 (Grantha script)
• ꦢꦺꦴꦲ (Javanese script)
• 𑂠𑂷𑂯 (Kaithi script)
• ದೋಹ (Kannada script)
• ទោហ (Khmer script)
• ໂທຫ (Lao script)
• ദോഹ (Malayalam script)
• ᡩᠣᡥᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘟𑘻𑘮 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠣᠸᠠᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦿𑧜𑧎 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐡𑑀𑐴 (Newa script)
• ଦୋହ (Odia script)
• ꢣꣂꢲ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆢𑆾𑆲 (Sharada script)
• 𑖟𑖺𑖮 (Siddham script)
• දොහ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩭𑩕𑪂 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚛𑚴𑚩 (Takri script)
• தே³ாஹ (Tamil script)
• దోహ (Telugu script)
• โทห (Thai script)
• དོ་ཧ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑒼𑒯 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨛𑨆𑨱 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root दुह् (duh).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɐ́w.ɦɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪oː.ɦɐ/

Noun

दोह • (dóha) stem, m (root दुह्)

1. milk
2. a milk pail
3. a fruitful enterprise
4. the act of milking

   Synonym: दोहस् (dohas)

   • c. 400 CE, Kālidāsa, Raghuvaṃśa 2.23:

     गुरोः सदारस्य निपीड्य पादौ समाप्य सांध्यं च विधिं दिलीपः।
     दोहावसाने पुनरेव दोग्ध्रीं भेजे भुजोच्छिन्नरिपुर्निषण्णाम्

     guroḥ sadārasya nipīḍya pādau samāpya sāṃdhyaṃ ca vidhiṃ dilīpaḥ.
     dohāvasāne punareva dogdhrīṃ bheje bhujocchinnaripurniṣaṇṇām

     revering both mentor and wife and (yet) completing sacred ordainments before twilight
     Dilipa, he who quashed with strength enemies, anew devoted himself, sitting, to the milking of the milch cow

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of दोह (dóha)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	दोहः dóhaḥ	दोहौ / दोहा¹ dóhau / dóhā¹	दोहाः / दोहासः¹ dóhāḥ / dóhāsaḥ¹
Vocative	दोह dóha	दोहौ / दोहा¹ dóhau / dóhā¹	दोहाः / दोहासः¹ dóhāḥ / dóhāsaḥ¹
Accusative	दोहम् dóham	दोहौ / दोहा¹ dóhau / dóhā¹	दोहान् dóhān
Instrumental	दोहेन dóhena	दोहाभ्याम् dóhābhyām	दोहैः / दोहेभिः¹ dóhaiḥ / dóhebhiḥ¹
Dative	दोहाय dóhāya	दोहाभ्याम् dóhābhyām	दोहेभ्यः dóhebhyaḥ
Ablative	दोहात् dóhāt	दोहाभ्याम् dóhābhyām	दोहेभ्यः dóhebhyaḥ
Genitive	दोहस्य dóhasya	दोहयोः dóhayoḥ	दोहानाम् dóhānām
Locative	दोहे dóhe	दोहयोः dóhayoḥ	दोहेषु dóheṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Related terms

• दोहज (dohaja, “produced by milking”)
• दोहन (dohana, “giving milk, yielding profit”)

Descendants

• Hindi: दोहन (dohan, “exploitation”)
• → Tamil: தோகம் (tōkam)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “दोह”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 499.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dṓha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press