दश

Nepali

Nepali numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: दस (das), दश (daś)
    Ordinal: दसौँ (dasa͠u), दशौँ (daśa͠u)
    Multiplier: दशगुना (daśagunā), दसगुना (dasagunā)

Pronunciation

Numeral

दश • (daś)

  1. alternative form of दस (das).

References

  • दश”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎[2], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
  • Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993), “दश”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar

Sanskrit

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    Cardinal: दश (daśa)
    Ordinal: दशम (daśama)
    Multiplier: दशधा (daśadhā)
    Collective: दशत् (daśat)

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-Aryan *dáśa (ten), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dáća (ten), from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ (ten).[1] Cognate with Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬯𐬀 (dasa), Ancient Greek δέκα (déka), Latin decem, Old English tīen (whence English ten).[2]

    Pronunciation

    Numeral

    दश • (dáśa)

    1. ten

    Declension

    Gender-neutral numeral declension of दश॑
    plural
    nominative दश॑ (dáśa)
    accusative दश॑ (dáśa)
    instrumental द॒शभिः॑ (daśábhiḥ)
    dative द॒शभ्यः॑ (daśábhyaḥ)
    ablative द॒शभ्यः॑ (daśábhyaḥ)
    genitive द॒शा॒नाम् (daśānā́m)
    locative द॒शसु॑ (daśásu)
    vocative दश॑ (dáśa)

    Derived terms

    • दशकण्ठ (daśakaṇṭha, ten-necked, an epithet for Ravana)
    • दशरथ (daśaratha)

    Descendants

    References

    1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “dáśa”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 708
    2. ^ Benjamin W. Fortson IV (2010), “Indo-Iranian I: Indic”, in Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, 2nd edition, page 203

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