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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- দস্ (Assamese script)
- ᬤᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
- দস্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰟𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀤𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- ဒသ် (Burmese script)
- દસ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਦਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌦𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦢꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂠𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ದಸ್ (Kannada script)
- ទស៑ (Khmer script)
- ທສ຺ (Lao script)
- ദസ് (Malayalam script)
- ᡩᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
- 𑘟𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᢑᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦿𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐡𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଦସ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢣꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆢𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖟𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
- දස් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩭𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚛𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
- த³ஸ் (Tamil script)
- దస్ (Telugu script)
- ทสฺ (Thai script)
- ད་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒠𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨛𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Uncertain. According to Pokorny, from an s-extension of Proto-Indo-European *deh₂- (“to share, divide”).
Pronunciation
Root
दस् • (das)
- to suffer want, become exhausted
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “दस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0473.
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “दस्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 071
- Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “दस्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) “0175-0179”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 0175-0179