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).
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
| Masculine a-stem declension of दोह (dóha) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | दोहः dóhaḥ |
दोहौ / दोहा¹ dóhau / dóhā¹ |
दोहाः / दोहासः¹ dóhāḥ / dóhāsaḥ¹ |
| Vocative | दोह dóha |
दोहौ / दोहा¹ dóhau / dóhā¹ |
दोहाः / दोहासः¹ dóhāḥ / dóhāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | दोहम् dóham |
दोहौ / दोहा¹ dóhau / dóhā¹ |
दोहान् dóhān |
| Instrumental | दोहेन dóhena |
दोहाभ्याम् dóhābhyām |
दोहैः / दोहेभिः¹ dóhaiḥ / 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 |
| Notes |
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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
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