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      Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/dʰa(H)inúš
Proto-Indo-Iranian
    
    Etymology
    
From Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle, nurse”).
Declension
    
| consonant stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *dʰa(H)inúš | *dʰa(H)inúā́w | *dʰa(H)inúás | 
| vocative | *dʰa(H)inú | *dʰa(H)inúā́w | *dʰa(H)inúás | 
| accusative | *dʰa(H)inúám | *dʰa(H)inúā́w | *dʰa(H)inúás | 
| instrumental | *dʰa(H)inúáH | *dʰa(H)inúbʰyáH, -bʰyā́m | *dʰa(H)inúbʰíš | 
| ablative | *dʰa(H)inúás | *dʰa(H)inúbʰyáH, -bʰyā́m | *dʰa(H)inúbʰyáH | 
| dative | *dʰa(H)inúáy | *dʰa(H)inúbʰyáH, -bʰyā́m | *dʰa(H)inúbʰyáH | 
| genitive | *dʰa(H)inúás | *dʰa(H)inúáwš | *dʰa(H)inúām | 
| locative | *dʰa(H)inúí | *dʰa(H)inúáwš | *dʰa(H)inúsu | 
Descendants
    
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *dʰa(H)inúṣ
- Sanskrit: धेनु (dhenú) (see there for further descendants)
 
- Proto-Iranian: *da(H)inúš
- Avestan: 𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬥𐬎 (daēnu)
- Khotanese: [script needed] (dīnū)
- Khwarezmian: δy(n) (“woman”)
- Middle Persian: [Term?] (/dēnōdag/, “female, milk”)
 
- →? Proto-Turkic: *tāna (see there for further descendants)
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