दोष

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit दोष (doṣa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d̪oːʂ/, [d̪oːʃ]

Noun

दोष • (doṣ) m (Urdu spelling دوش)

1. fault

   यह उसका दोष नहीं है। ― yah uskā doṣ nahī̃ hai. ― It is not his fault.

   मेरी माँ ने मेरे काम में दोष निकाला।

   merī mā̃ ne mere kām mẽ doṣ nikālā.

   Mother found fault with my work.

2. blame

   नौकर ने भूल का दोष स्वीकार किया।

   naukar ne bhūl kā doṣ svīkār kiyā.

   The servant took the blame for the mistake.

3. defect, flaw

   मोटर में कोई दोष है। ― moṭar mẽ koī doṣ hai. ― There is some defect in the motor.

Declension

Declension of दोष (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	दोष doṣ	दोष doṣ
oblique	दोष doṣ	दोषों doṣõ
vocative	दोष doṣ	दोषो doṣo

Synonyms

• (fault): क़सूर (qasūr)
• (blame): इलज़ाम (ilzām)
• (defect): ऐब (aib)

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “दोष”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• দোষ (Assamese script)
• ᬤᭀᬱ (Balinese script)
• দোষ (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰺𑰬 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑁄𑀱 (Brahmi script)
• ဒေါၑ (Burmese script)
• દોષ (Gujarati script)
• ਦੋਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌦𑍋𑌷 (Grantha script)
• ꦢꦺꦴꦰ (Javanese script)
• 𑂠𑂷𑂭 (Kaithi script)
• ದೋಷ (Kannada script)
• ទោឞ (Khmer script)
• ໂທຩ (Lao script)
• ദോഷ (Malayalam script)
• ᡩᠣᢢᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘟𑘻𑘬 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠣᠸᠠᢔᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦿𑧜𑧌 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐡𑑀𑐲 (Newa script)
• ଦୋଷ (Odia script)
• ꢣꣂꢰ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆢𑆾𑆰 (Sharada script)
• 𑖟𑖺𑖬 (Siddham script)
• දොෂ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩭𑩕𑪀 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚛𑚴 (Takri script)
• தே³ாஷ (Tamil script)
• దోష (Telugu script)
• โทษ (Thai script)
• དོ་ཥ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑒼𑒭 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨛𑨆𑨯 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *dáwṣas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dáwšas, from Proto-Indo-European *dew- (“to fail, to lag, to be behind”). Cognate with English tire and Ancient Greek δεύομαι (deúomai, “to lack”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɐ́w.ʂɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪oː.ʂɐ/

Noun

दोष • (dóṣa) stem, m

1. fault, deficiency
2. vice
3. blame
4. damage
5. mistake

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of दोष (dóṣa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	दोषः dóṣaḥ	दोषौ / दोषा¹ dóṣau / dóṣā¹	दोषाः / दोषासः¹ dóṣāḥ / dóṣāsaḥ¹
Vocative	दोष dóṣa	दोषौ / दोषा¹ dóṣau / dóṣā¹	दोषाः / दोषासः¹ dóṣāḥ / dóṣāsaḥ¹
Accusative	दोषम् dóṣam	दोषौ / दोषा¹ dóṣau / dóṣā¹	दोषान् dóṣān
Instrumental	दोषेण dóṣeṇa	दोषाभ्याम् dóṣābhyām	दोषैः / दोषेभिः¹ dóṣaiḥ / dóṣebhiḥ¹
Dative	दोषाय dóṣāya	दोषाभ्याम् dóṣābhyām	दोषेभ्यः dóṣebhyaḥ
Ablative	दोषात् dóṣāt	दोषाभ्याम् dóṣābhyām	दोषेभ्यः dóṣebhyaḥ
Genitive	दोषस्य dóṣasya	दोषयोः dóṣayoḥ	दोषाणाम् dóṣāṇām
Locative	दोषे dóṣe	दोषयोः dóṣayoḥ	दोषेषु dóṣeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Punjabi: ਦੋਖ (dokh)
• Rajasthani: दोस (dos)
• → Hindi: दोष (doṣ)
• → Lao: ໂທດ (thōt)
• → Malay: dosa
  • Indonesian: dosa
• → Punjabi: ਦੋਸ਼ (doś) (learned)
• → Thai: โทษ (tôot)
• → Tamil: தோஷம் (tōṣam), தோம் (tōm)
• → Telugu: దోషము (dōṣamu)
• → Urdu: دوش (doś)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “दोष”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 498.