As a Hindi name
दूत · noun · masculine
वह मनुष्य जो किसी विशेष कार्य के लिये अथवा कोई समाचार पहुँचाने या लाने के लिये कहीं भेजा जाय । सँदेसा ले जाने या ले आनेवाला मनुष्य । चर । बसीठ · प्रेमी का संदेशा प्रेमिका तक या प्रेमिका का संदेशा प्रेमी तक पहुँचानेवाला मनुष्य — Śabdasāgara
दूत · dūt · s.m.
Messenger, carrier of intelligence, envoy, emissary, ambassador; a go-between, negotiator; an angel who passes between God and man; a secret messenger, a spy — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 531
दूत · masculine
ambassador; envoy; messenger; negotiator
Cited formation "दूत" is दू + -त: दू means "एक और एक । तीन से एक कम", and the suffix -त forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(16) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "दूत" is दूना + -त: दूना means "double", and the suffix -त forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(16) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi दूत — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit दूत (dūta).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
dūta m. (prob. fr. √ 1. du; cf. dūra) a messenger, envoy, ambassador, negotiator, RV.; AV.; ŚBr.; MBh. &c. (˚taya Nom. P. ˚yati, to employ as m˚ or a˚, Naiṣ.)
dūta mfn. (-taḥ-tā-taṃ) Sent, despatched. m. (-taḥ) 1 A messenger or envoy, a news-carrier. 2 An ambassador. f. (-tiḥ-tī) A female messenger, a confidante, a procuress, a go-between, &c. E. du to go, Uṇādi affix kta, and the vowel made long; or dū to suffer, affix kta, fem. affix ktin or ktic, and optionally ṅīp.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a messenger, envoy, ambassador, negotiator, &c. (˚taya Nom. P. ˚yati, to employ as m˚ or a˚, )
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dūta m. (prob. fr. √ 1. du; cf. dūra) a messenger, envoy, ambassador, negotiator, RV.; AV.; ŚBr.; MBh. &c. (˚taya Nom. P. ˚yati, to employ as m˚ or a˚, Naiṣ.)
dūta mfn. (-taḥ-tā-taṃ) Sent, despatched. m. (-taḥ) 1 A messenger or envoy, a news-carrier. 2 An ambassador. f. (-tiḥ-tī) A female messenger, a confidante, a procuress, a go-between, &c. E. du to go, Uṇādi affix kta, and the vowel made long; or dū to suffer, affix kta, fem. affix ktin or ktic, and optionally ṅīp.
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