دش

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

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Verb

دش • (dašš) (imperfective يدش (ydišš))

  1. to enter, to go in
    ما قدرت أدش لأن كان الباب مصكوكI couldn't enter because the door was locked.
  2. to report for duty, to go to work
    أدش الزام الساعة ست الصباحI report for duty at six in the morning.
  3. to drop in on someone
    توه دش عليناHe has just dropped in on us.

Kalami

Etymology

    Inherited from Sanskrit दश॑ (dáśa), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dáća, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.

    Pronunciation

    • Tone class: Hy
    • IPA(key): /d̪ə́(ː)ɕ/

    Numeral

    دش (däš) (cardinal number)

    1. ten

    References

    • Baart, Joan L. G. (1997), “däš”, 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 86