दौत

Marathi

Alternative forms

• दऊत (daūt)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دوات (dawāt), from Arabic دَوَاة (dawāh). Cognate to Gujarati દવાત (davāt), Hindi दवात (davāt), Punjabi ਦਵਾਤ (davāt) / دوات (doāt), Assamese দোৱাত (düat).

Noun

दौत • (daut) f

1. inkpot, inkwell, inkstand

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “दौत”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “दौत”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “दौत”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).