masculine & feminine daughter Thig.336 (in faith); Ja.i.152, Ja.i.253 Ja.vi.366; Pv.i.11#5; Dhp-a.iii.171, Dhp-a.iii.176; Pv-a.16, Pv-a.21, Pv-a.61, Pv-a.105 deva˚ a female deva (see deva) Vv-a.137 etc.; nattu˚ a granddaughter Pv-a.17; mātula˚ a niece Pv-a.55; rāja a princess Ja.i.207; Pv-a.74. In compound dhītu.
- -kkama one who is desirous of a daughter Ja.vi.307 (= dhītu atthāya vicarati Com.; variant reading dhītu-kāma)
- -dhītā granddaughter Pv-a.16.
Sk. dhītā, orig. pp. of dhayati to suck (cp. Lat. filia): see dhāta & dhātī, inflūenced in inflection by Sk. duhitṛ, although etymologically different