dhut

Phalura

Etymology

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Ashokan Prakrit *𑀤𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢 (*dutta)

Phalura dhut

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀤𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢 (*dutta), perhaps from a variant of Sanskrit तुण्ड (tuṇḍa, “beak, trunk, snout”). Cognate with Dameli dut (“lip”), Kalami دُت (dut, “lip”), Wotapuri-Katarqalai [script needed] (dut, “mouth”), Torwali دُھوت (dhūt, “lip”), Shina [script needed] (dūt, “lip”), with no exact cognates found outside Shinaic and Kohistani languages.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dhut/

Noun

dhut m (Perso-Arabic spelling دُھت)

1. mouth

Inflection

Declension of dhút (a-decl)
	singular	plural
nominative	dhút	dhúta
oblique	dhúta	dhútam

References

• Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “dhut”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “tuṇḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 334

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• dut, dhuit, duit

Etymology

From Old Irish duit. Cognates include Irish duit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣuht̪/
• (Lewis) IPA^(key): /ɣut̪/
• (Argyll) IPA^(key): /ɣuhtʲ/ (as if spelled dhuit)

Pronoun

dhut

1. second-person singular of do: to thee, for thee

Inflection

Personal inflection of do
Number	Person	Simple	Emphatic
Singular	1st	dhomh	dhòmhsa
	2nd	dhut	dhutsa
	3rd m	dha	dhàsan
	3rd f	dhi	dhìse
Plural	1st	dhuinn	dhuinne
	2nd	dhuibh	dhuibhse
	3rd	dhaibh	dhaibhsan