दश

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Nepali

Nepali numbers (edit)
100
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10
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1
    Cardinal: दस (das), दश (daś)
    Ordinal: दसौँ (dasa͠u), दशौँ (daśa͠u)
    Multiplier: दशगुना (daśagunā), दसगुना (dasagunā)

Pronunciation

Numeral

दश (daś)

  1. Alternative form of दस .

References

  • दश”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś), Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
  • Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “दश”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar

Sanskrit

Sanskrit numbers (edit)
100
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1
    Cardinal: दश (daśa), दशन् (daśan)
    Ordinal: दशम (daśama)

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *dáśa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dáća, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥. Cognate with Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬯𐬀 (dasa), Ancient Greek δέκα (déka), Latin decem, Old English tīen (whence English ten).

Pronunciation

Numeral

दश (dáśa)

  1. ten

Declension

irregular declension
Nom. sg.
Gen. sg.
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative दश (daśa)
Vocative दश (daśa)
Accusative दश (daśa)
Instrumental दशभिः (daśabhiḥ)
Dative दशभ्यः (daśabhyaḥ)
Ablative दशभ्यः (daśabhyaḥ)
Genitive दशानाम् (daśānām)
Locative दशसु (daśasu)

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

  • Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀤𑀲 (dasa)
    • Fiji Hindi: das
  • Dardic:
    • Central Dardic:
      • Chitral:
      • Kunar:
        • Dameli: (daš)
        • Gawar-Shumashti:
          • Gawar-Bati: (dɔš, daš)
          • Shumashti: (däs)
      • Pashayi: دې ()
    • Eastern Dardic:
      • Kashmiri: دٔہ (dạh)
      • Kohistani:
        • Kohistani-Bashkari:
          • Bashkari-Torwali:
            • Kalami: دش (dəš)
            • Torwali: دش (dəš)
          • Indus Kohistani:
            Kanyawali: (däš)
            Kohistani: (daš)
          • Wotapuri-Katarqalai: (daš(ə))
        • Tirahi: (dah)
      • Shina:
        • Phalura-Savi:
        • Shina: دَئ (daï)
  • Helu Prakrit:
  • Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀤𑀰 (daśa)
  • Pali: dasa
  • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀤𑀲 (dasa), 𑀤𑀳 (daha)
  • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀤𑀲 (dasa)
  • Old Javanese: daśa (learned)
  • Khmer: ទស (tŭəh) (learned)
  • Malay: (learned)
    Latin script: dasa
    Arabic script: داسا
  • Malayalam: ദശം (daśaṁ) (learned)
  • Telugu: దశము (daśamu) (learned)
  • Thai: ทศ (tót) (learned)

References

  1. ^ Benjamin W. Fortson IV (2010) “Indo-Iranian I: Indic”, in Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, 2nd edition, page 203