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Urdu
Etymology
From Classical Persian دهان (dahān, “mouth”).
Pronunciation
Noun
دَہان • (dahān) m (Hindi spelling दहान)
- (anatomy) mouth (orifice in the face)
- (by extension) mouth, opening
Derived terms
References
- “دہان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “دہان”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “دہان”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- “دہان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.