Etymology

From Elu Prakrit [script needed] (duhiā), [script needed] (dhīā), [script needed] (dhūā) from Pali duhitar, dhītar from Sanskrit दुहितृ ‎(duhitṛ). Cognate with Sindhi ڌيءَ ‎(dhiu), [script needed] ‎(dhiya), Gujarati [script needed] ‎(dhī), Marathi [script needed] ‎(dhūv), Oriya [script needed] ‎(jhia), Bengali [script needed] ‎(jhī), Hindi [script needed] ‎(dhī), [script needed] ‎(dhīyā), Punjabi ਧੀ ‎(dhī), [script needed] ‎(dhīyā).