ڈسنا

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See also: دسنا

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit डंशति (ḍaṃśati). Compare Urdu ڈَن٘سْنا (ḍãsnā) / Hindi डँसना (ḍãsnā) and Marathi डासाळणे (ḍāsāḷṇe).

Pronunciation

Verb

ڈَسّݨا (ḍassṇā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਡੱਸਣਾ)

  1. to bite (for an animal)

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “ڈسن”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • ਡੱਸਣਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dáṁśati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press