دستہ
Urdu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Classical Persian دسته (dasta, “bunch, bundle; group, cohort; handle, hilt”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /d̪əs.t̪ɑ(ː)/
Noun
[edit]دستہ • (dasta) m (Hindi spelling दस्ता)
- (military) an army formation, typically a troop or company
- (military, law enforcement) group, cohort, contingent; unit
- (military, air force) squadron
- a bundle of arrows
- handle; hilt
- posy; bouquet of flowers
- pestle
Derived terms
[edit]- دَسْتَہ دار (dasta-dār, “captain”)
- دَسْتَۂ مَرْوارِید (dasta-e-marvārīd, “pearl necklace”)
- دو دَسْتَہ (do-dasta, “two-handed”)
Related terms
[edit]- رمہ (rama)
References
[edit]- “دستہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “دستہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “دستہ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- “دستہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.