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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)
- 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