دا

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck”), compare dê, دایه.

دا (dā)

1. mother

دا (da)

1. an element of several circumpositions

دا (da)

1. combines with several verbs, usually as “off” or “down”

From Arabic ذَا (ḏā).

دا • (dā) m (feminine دي, masculine plural دول, feminine plural ديل)

1. this

دا • (dā) m (feminine دي, masculine plural دول, feminine plural ديل)

1. this
2. used for emphasis

   قايد تفهم كلام الهسع قايد نقوله ليك دا؟

   gāʔid tafham kalām al-hassa gāʔid nagūla lēk dā?

   do you understand what I'm saying to you?

Inherited from Sanskrit दशा (daśā, “fringe”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *daćā-. However, Turner also suggests the possibility of loaning from Classical Persian دَسَه (dasa, “thread”).

• Tone class: LH
• IPA^(key): /d̪ǎː/

دا (dā) m

1. thread

• Baart, Joan L. G. (1997), “dā”, in The sounds and tones of Kalam Kohistani: with wordlist and texts (Studies in Languages of Northern Pakistan; 1)‎^[1], National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University; Summer Institute of Linguistics, page 85
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “daśā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 357

دا • (edda) I

1. alternative spelling of ادى (edda)

• IPA^(key): /d̪ɑ/

دا • (dâ)

1. she (visible feminine singular third person)
2. this, these (short form of دغه)

دا • (dā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਦਾ)

1. trick
2. ruse

دا • (dā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਦਾ)

1. of

   Synonyms: دے (de), دی (dī)

• IPA^(key): /d̪aː/

دا (dā) m (Devanagari दा)

1. trick

دا (dā) (Devanagari दा)

1. of