दहला
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Hindi
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Northwestern Indo-Aryan, from Prakrit 𑀤𑀳 (daha) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀮𑁆𑀮- (-illa-) + -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit दश (daśa). Compare दस (das, “ten”). Cognate with Nepali दहल (dahal).
Noun
दहला • (dahlā) m (Urdu spelling دہلا)
- (card games) a ten
Declension
Declension of दहला (masc ā-stem)
Coordinate terms
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| इक्का (ikkā) | दुक्की (dukkī) | तिक्की (tikkī) | चौका (caukā) | पंजा (pañjā) | छक्का (chakkā) | सत्ता (sattā) |
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| अट्ठा (aṭṭhā) | नहला (nahlā) | दहला (dahlā) | ग़ुलाम (ġulām) | बेगम (begam) | बादशाह (bādśāh) | जोकर (jokar) |
Etymology 2
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀤𑁂𑀳𑀮𑀻 (dehalī), from Sanskrit देहली (dehalī, “raised terrace”).
Noun
दहला • (dahlā) m (Urdu spelling دہلا)
Declension
Declension of दहला (masc ā-stem)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “दहला”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press