dhií daughter

Part of Speech n.fem
Vernacular Form دھی
Phonetic Form dhií
Inflection Class a-decl (Obl, pl): dhiá
Indo-Aryan Proto-Form duhitŕ̥- 'daughter (fem)' (T: 6481)
    • daughter
      • Example 138:
        muṣṭúka xálaka dhiiá díi na khooǰóon de.
        muṣṭúk
        of.before
        -a
        -MPL
        xálak
        people
        -a
        -pl
        dhií
        daughter
        -a
        -obl
        díi
        from
        na
        neg
        khooǰá
        ask
        -en
        -3pl
        de
        pst
        People in the old days did not ask their daughters [whom they wanted to marry].
        Source: A:MAR018
      • Example 683:
        se zariṇíi dhií ghaší ghiní gíia de.
        se
        3pl.nom
        zaríṇ
        <person>
        -ii
        -gen
        dhií
        daughter
        ghašé
        catch
        -í
        -CV
        ghin
        take
        -í
        -CV
        gíia
        go.pfv.pl
        de
        pst
        They captured Zarin's daughter and went back.
        Source: A:BEZ024
      • Example 684:
        le asíi dhiyíi bi putríi bi.
        le
        3pl.dist.nom
        asíi
        1pl.gen
        dhií
        daughter
        -ii
        -gen
        bi
        SEP
        putr
        son
        -ii
        -gen
        bi
        SEP
        They belong to our daughter as well as to our son.
        Source: A:BHB034
      • Example 685:
        tasíi dhií míi kúṛi de.
        tasíi
        3sg.gen
        dhií
        daughter
        míi
        1sg.gen
        kúṛi
        woman
        de
        pst
        His daughter was my wife.
        Source: A:HUA005

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