দহ

Alternative forms

• ১০ (10)
• দছ (dos)

Etymology

Inherited from Magadhi Prakrit [Term?], from Sanskrit दश (daśa), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dáća, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔɦ/

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Numeral

দহ • (doh)

1. ten

Alternative forms

• দ (do), দা (da)

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀤𑀳 (daha), from Sanskrit द्रह (draha), metathesized from ह्रद (hrada, “deep lake, pool”). Cognate with Assamese দ (do, “deep”), Odia ଦହ (daha, “lake, marsh, mud”), Bhojpuri 𑂠𑂯 (dah) / दह (dah), Hindustani दह (dah) / دہ, Sinhalese දහ (daha), Nepali दह (daha, “natural pond, cistern”), Pali daha. Doublet of হ্রদ (hrod)

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /d̪ɔho/, [ˈd̪ɔhoˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /d̪ɔho/, [ˈd̪ɔhoˑ]

Noun

দহ • (doho)

1. deep lake, pool
2. river whirlpool, eddy
3. abyss, deep pit
4. (figuratively) danger
5. tank

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “draha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 378

Alternative forms

Noun

দহ m

1. Bengali script form of daha