دختر

Persian

Alternative forms

• دخدر (doxder) (dialectal, Hamadan)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (dwhtl /⁠duxtar⁠/), oblique case of [Book Pahlavi needed] (dwht' /⁠duxt⁠/), from Old Persian *duxçī-, from Proto-Iranian *dúgdā. Cognate with Vedic Sanskrit दुहिता (duhitā), Northern Kurdish dot, Pashto لور (lur), Mazanderani دتر (deter), Baluchi دہت (duht).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [dux.taɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ʊx.t̪ʰäɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ʊx.t̪ʰäɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪ʊx.t̪ʰäɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪ux.t̪ʰäɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ox.t̪ʰæɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪uχ.t̪ʰäɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	duxtar
Dari reading?	duxtar
Iranian reading?	doxtar
Tajik reading?	duxtar

• Audio (Iran):

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• (dialectal, Isfahan, Hamadan) IPA^(key): /doxˈtʰeɾ/ or IPA^(key): /doxˈdeɾ/
• Rhymes: -ar

Noun

Dari	دختر
Iranian Persian
Tajik	духтар

دُخْتَر • (doxtar) (plural دختران (doxtarân) or دخترها (doxtar-hâ))

1. daughter
2. girl, gal, lass, maid

Inflection

Enclitic-attached forms of دختر (doxtar) (Iranian Persian)

Basic forms of دختر (doxtar) singular plural bare دختر (doxtar) دختران (doxtarấn) دخترا △ (doxtarấ) definitive direct object دختر را (doxtar râ) دختر رو △ (doxtaro) دختران را (doxtarấn râ) دخترا رو △ (doxtarấ ro) ezâfe دختر (doxtar-e) دختران (doxtarấn-e) دخترای △ (doxtarấ-ye) marked indefinite or relative definite دختری (doxtar-i) دخترانی (doxtarấn-i) دخترایی △ (doxtarấi) △ Colloquial.     Possessive forms of دختر (doxtar) singular plural 1st person singular (“my”) دخترم (doxtaram) دختر‌هایم (doxtar-hấyam) دختر‌هام، دخترام △ (doxtarấm) 2nd person singular (“your”) دخترت (doxtarat) [Term?] △ (doxtaret) دختر‌هایت (doxtar-hấyat) دختر‌هات، دخترات △ (doxtarất) 3rd person singular (“his, her, its”) دخترش (doxtaraš) [Term?] △ (doxtareš) دختر‌هایش (doxtar-hấyaš) دختر‌هاش، دختراش △ (doxtarấš) 1st plural (“our”) دخترمان (doxtaremân) دخترمون △ (doxtaremun) دختر‌هایمان (doxtar-hấyemân) دختر‌هامون، دخترامون △ (doxtarấmun) 2nd plural (“your”) دخترتان (doxtaretân) دخترتون △ (doxtaretun) دختر‌هایتان (doxtar-hấyetân) دختر‌هاتون، دختراتون △ (doxtarấtun) 3rd plural (“their”) دخترشان (doxtarešân) دخترشون △ (doxtarešun) دختر‌هایشان (doxtar-hấyešân) دختر‌هاشون، دختراشون △ (doxtarấšun) △ Colloquial.

Enclitic-attached forms of دختر (duxtar) (Dari Persian)

Basic forms of دختر (duxtar) (Classical and Dari Persian) singular plural bare دختر (duxtar) دختران (duxtarā́n) definitive direct object دختر را (duxtar rā́) دختر ره △ (duxtara) دختران را (duxtarā́n rā́) دخترا ره △ (duxtarā́ ra) izāfa دختر (duxtar-i) دختران (duxtarā́n-i) دخترای △ (duxtarā́-yi) marked indefinite / relative definite دختری (duxtar-ē) دخترانی (duxtarā́n-ē) دخترایی △ (duxtarā́-yē) △ Colloquial Dari.     Possessive forms of دختر (duxtar) singular plural 1st person singular (“my”) دخترم (duxtaram) دختر‌هایم (duxtar-hā́yam) دخترایم △ (duxtarā́ym) 2nd person singular (“your”) دخترت (duxtarat) دختر‌هایت (duxtar-hā́yat) دخترایت △ (duxtarā́yt) 3rd person singular (“his, her, its”) دخترش (duxtaraš) دخترشِی △ (duxtaršī) دختر‌هایش (duxtar-hā́yaš) دخترایش △ (duxtarā́yš) 1st plural (“our”) دخترمان (duxtarimān) دخترما △ (duxtarimā) دختر‌هایمان (duxtar-hā́yimān) دخترایما △ (duxtarā́ymā) 2nd plural (“your”) دخترتان (duxtaritān) دختر‌هایتان (duxtar-hā́yitān) دخترایتان △ (duxtarā́ytān) 3rd plural (“their”) دخترشان (duxtarišān) دختر‌هایشان (duxtar-hā́yišān) دخترایشان △ (duxtarā́yšān) △ Colloquial.

Related terms

• دخت (doxt)
• دخترانه (doxtarâne)
• دخترباز (doxtarbâz)
• دخترک (doxtarak)
• دختری (doxtari)

 

Descendants

• → Gujarati: દુખ્તર (dukhtar)
  • Lisan ud-Dawat Gujarati: دُخْتَر (duxtar)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: दुख़्तर (duxtar)

  Urdu: دُخْتَر (duxtar)

• → Marwari:

  Devanagari script: दूखतर (dūkhtar)

  Mahajani script: 𑅥𑅒𑅖𑅣𑅭 (dukhtr)

• → Sindhi: duxtari

  Arabic script: دُخْتَرِ

  Devanagari script: दुख़्तरि

  Khudabadi script: 𑋏𑋣𑊻𑋩𑋪𑋍𑋙𑋡

Urdu

Etymology

PIE word
*dʰugh₂tḗr

Borrowed from Classical Persian دُخْتَر (duxtar, “daughter”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪ʊx.t̪əɾ/
• Hyphenation: دُخْ‧تَر
• Rhymes: -əɾ

Noun

دُخْتَر • (duxtar) f (Hindi spelling दुख़्तर)

1. daughter

   Synonym: بیٹِی (beṭī)

2. girl

   Synonym: لَڑْکِی (laṛkī)

Derived terms

• دُخْتَرَک (duxtarak, “little girl”)
• دُخْتَری (duxtarī, “maidenhood; virginity”)
• دُخْتَرِ خَانَہ (duxtar-e-xāna, “unmarried girl”, literally “daughter of the house”)
• دُخْتَرِ رَبِیبَہ (duxtar-e-rabība, “stepdaughter”)
• دُخْتَرِ عِنَب (duxtar-e-'inab, “grape wine”, literally “daughter of grapes”)

References

• S. W. Fallon (1879) “دختر”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 619
• “دختر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “دختر”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 507
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “دختر”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 302
• “دختر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• John Shakespear (1834) “دختر”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC, page 844