daughter
/ˈdɔːtə(r)/noun
उच्चारण डॉटर
पुत्री, बेटी
Basic word
- 1
[C]
a person's female child
पुत्री, बेटी
- Radhika is their only daughter.
- Their daughter is studying medicine in Delhi.
- He took his daughter to see the fair.
+ 2 more examples
- She has two sons and a daughter.
- My neighbour's daughter won a gold medal at the sports day.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
daughter of + parent
Use of to name the parent; the phrase is common in introductions and formal documents.
माता-पिता का नाम बताने के लिए 'of' का प्रयोग होता है; परिचय और औपचारिक दस्तावेज़ों में यह आम है।
- She is the daughter of a retired army officer.
- Radhika is the only daughter of Mr and Mrs Sharma.
your / his / her daughter
Daughter is a countable noun and normally takes a possessive or an article; the plural is daughters.
'Daughter' गणनीय संज्ञा है और प्रायः possessive या article के साथ आती है; बहुवचन 'daughters' है।
- My daughter is preparing for the board exams.
- They have two daughters and a son.
daughter + noun (in compounds)
Daughter is used with in-law to name the wife of a son, and in scientific use for a cell or an element produced from another.
'Daughter' के साथ in-law जुड़कर पुत्र की पत्नी का बोध कराता है; वैज्ञानिक प्रयोग में किसी से उत्पन्न कोशिका या तत्त्व के लिए भी आता है।
- Her daughter-in-law is a doctor.
- The parent cell divides into two daughter cells.
daughter as an adjective-like modifier
In science and organisations, daughter marks something that comes from or belongs to a main one.
विज्ञान और संगठनों में 'daughter' किसी मुख्य इकाई से निकली या उससे संबद्ध इकाई को बताता है।
- Radon decays into daughter nuclei.
- The bank has a daughter company in Nepal.
+Collocations 4
adjective + daughter
eldestyoungestonlyadopteddutiful
- Their eldest daughter works as a pilot.
verb + daughter
raisemarry offeducateadoptgive birth to
- He worked hard to educate his daughters.
daughter + noun
cellnucleuscompanylanguagecard
- Hindi and Marathi are sometimes called daughter languages of Sanskrit.
daughter + of
of a farmerof the nationof the soilof a teacher
- Mary Kom is called a proud daughter of India.
“More examples 5
- The government's Beti Bachao scheme aims to protect and educate the daughter.
सरकार की 'बेटी बचाओ' योजना का उद्देश्य बेटी की रक्षा और शिक्षा है।
- Radhika, the daughter of a school teacher, topped the state exam.
एक स्कूल शिक्षक की बेटी राधिका ने राज्य परीक्षा में प्रथम स्थान प्राप्त किया।
- She is the daughter, sister and mother of doctors.
वह डॉक्टरों की बेटी, बहन और माँ है।
- The cell divides to form two daughter cells.
कोशिका विभाजित होकर दो संतति कोशिकाएँ बनाती है।
- Every daughter deserves the chance to study as far as she wishes.
हर बेटी को जितना वह चाहे उतना पढ़ने का अवसर मिलना चाहिए।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ He is having two daughters.
✓ He has two daughters.
Have in the sense of possession is a stative verb and is not used in the continuous form.
अधिकार के अर्थ में 'have' stative क्रिया है और इसका continuous रूप नहीं बनता।
✗ My daughter is elder than my son.
✓ My daughter is older than my son.
Elder is not used with than in a comparison like this one; use older for comparing age.
आयु की तुलना में 'than' के साथ 'older' आता है, 'elder' नहीं।
AaSpelling
daugh·ter
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
The wife of your son is your daughter-in-law.
बेटे की पत्नी daughter-in-law (बहू)।
General knowledge
The Beti Bachao Beti Padhao scheme (2015, launched at Panipat) aims to improve the child sex ratio and girls' education; 24 January is National Girl Child Day.
बेटी बचाओ बेटी पढ़ाओ योजना (2015, पानीपत से शुरू) बाल लिंगानुपात और बालिका शिक्षा सुधारने का लक्ष्य रखती है; 24 जनवरी राष्ट्रीय बालिका दिवस है।