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 Sanskrit) IPA(key): /d̪oː.ɦɐ/
Noun
दोह • (dóha) stem, m (root दुह्)
- milk
- a milk pail
- a fruitful enterprise
- 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
- guroḥ sadārasya nipīḍya pādau samāpya sāṃdhyaṃ ca vidhiṃ dilīpaḥ.
- गुरोः सदारस्य निपीड्य पादौ समाप्य सांध्यं च विधिं दिलीपः।
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | दोहः (dóhaḥ) | दोहौ (dóhau) दोहा¹ (dóhā¹) |
दोहाः (dóhāḥ) दोहासः¹ (dóhāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | दोहम् (dóham) | दोहौ (dóhau) दोहा¹ (dóhā¹) |
दोहान् (dóhān) |
| instrumental | दोहेन (dóhena) | दोहाभ्याम् (dóhābhyām) | दोहैः (dóhaiḥ) दोहेभिः¹ (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) |
| vocative | दोह (dóha) | दोहौ (dóhau) दोहा¹ (dóhā¹) |
दोहाः (dóhāḥ) दोहासः¹ (dóhāsaḥ¹) |
- 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