दूत

See also: दत्, दाँत, दाता, दांत, दातृ, and दिति

Hindi

दूत • (dūt) m

Declension of दूत (masc cons-stem)

McGregor, R.S, ed. The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, Oxford university press. 1993
Platts, John Thompson. A dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English London: W. H. Allen & Co., 1884.

Borrowed from Sanskrit दूत (dūta).

दूत • (dūta) m

दूत m

Declension table of "दूत" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	दूतो (dūto)	दूता (dūtā)
Accusative (second)	दूतं (dūtaṃ)	दूते (dūte)
Instrumental (third)	दूतेन (dūtena)	दूतेहि (dūtehi) or दूतेभि (dūtebhi)
Dative (fourth)	दूतस्स (dūtassa) or दूताय (dūtāya) or दूतत्थं (dūtatthaṃ)	दूतानं (dūtānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	दूतस्मा (dūtasmā) or दूतम्हा (dūtamhā) or दूता (dūtā)	दूतेहि (dūtehi) or दूतेभि (dūtebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	दूतस्स (dūtassa)	दूतानं (dūtānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	दूतस्मिं (dūtasmiṃ) or दूतम्हि (dūtamhi) or दूते (dūte)	दूतेसु (dūtesu)
Vocative (calling)	दूत (dūta)	दूता (dūtā)

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *duHtás (“messenger; envoy to a far off place”), from Proto-Indo-European *dweh₂- (“far, long”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬛𐬎𐬙𐬀 (duta), 𐬛𐬏𐬙𐬀 (dūta).

दूत • (dūtá) stem, m

messenger, envoy
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 4.7.9:
  यदप्रवीता दधते ह गर्भं सद्यश्चिज्जातो भवसीदु दूतः॥
  yadapravītā dadhate ha garbhaṃ sadyaścijjāto bhavasīdu dūtaḥ.
  When she, yet unimpregnate, hath conceived thee, even when newly born thou art an envoy.
ambassador
negotiator

Masculine a-stem declension of दूत (dūtá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	दूतः dūtáḥ	दूतौ / दूता¹ dūtaú / dūtā́¹	दूताः / दूतासः¹ dūtā́ḥ / dūtā́saḥ¹
Vocative	दूत dū́ta	दूतौ / दूता¹ dū́tau / dū́tā¹	दूताः / दूतासः¹ dū́tāḥ / dū́tāsaḥ¹
Accusative	दूतम् dūtám	दूतौ / दूता¹ dūtaú / dūtā́¹	दूतान् dūtā́n
Instrumental	दूतेन dūténa	दूताभ्याम् dūtā́bhyām	दूतैः / दूतेभिः¹ dūtaíḥ / dūtébhiḥ¹
Dative	दूताय dūtā́ya	दूताभ्याम् dūtā́bhyām	दूतेभ्यः dūtébhyaḥ
Ablative	दूतात् dūtā́t	दूताभ्याम् dūtā́bhyām	दूतेभ्यः dūtébhyaḥ
Genitive	दूतस्य dūtásya	दूतयोः dūtáyoḥ	दूतानाम् dūtā́nām
Locative	दूते dūté	दूतयोः dūtáyoḥ	दूतेषु dūtéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic