dhiúuṛi

Phalura

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰewgʰ-?

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr?

Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr

Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰúgʰHtā

Sanskrit दुहितृ (duhitṛ)

Phalura dhií

Ashokan Prakrit *𑀓𑀼𑀟 (*kuḍa)

Phalura dhiúuṛi

From dhií (“daughter”) +‎ Ashokan Prakrit *𑀓𑀼𑀟 (*kuḍa, “child, boy”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-). By surface analysis, dhií +‎ kúṛi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /djhúuɽi/

Noun

dhiúuṛi f (Perso-Arabic spelling دِھئُوڑیۡ)

1. granddaughter, daughter's daughter

Declension

Declension of dhiúuṛi (m-decl)
	singular	plural
nominative	dhiúuṛi	dhiúuṛim
oblique	dhiúuṛi	dhiúuṛim

References

• Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “dhiúuṛi”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*duhitr̥kuḍaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 370