दस्त
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Hindi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Persian دست (dast). Compare Bengali দস্ত (dosto), Gujarati દસ્ત (dast). Doublet of हाथ (hāth) and हस्त (hast).
Noun
[edit]दस्त • (dast) m (Urdu spelling دست)
Declension
[edit]Declension of दस्त (masc cons-stem)
Related terms
[edit]- दस्त-बदस्त (dast-badast, “hand-in-hand”)
- दस्तक (dastak, “knock (on a door)”)
- दस्तकार (dastakār, “dexterous”)
- दस्तकारी (dastakārī, “hand-crafted”)
- दस्तख़त (dastaxat, “signature”)
- दस्तावर (dastāvar, “purgative”)
- दस्तावेज़ (dastāvez, “document”)
- दस्तावेज़ी (dastāvezī, “documentary”)
References
[edit]- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “दस्त”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press