दहला

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪əɦ.lɑː/, [d̪ɛʱ.läː]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Northwestern Indo-Aryan, from Prakrit 𑀤𑀳 (daha) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀮𑁆𑀮- (-illa-) + -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit दश (daśa). Compare दस (das, “ten”). Cognate with Nepali दहल (dahal).

Noun

दहला • (dahlā) m (Urdu spelling دہلا)

1. (card games) a ten

Declension

Declension of दहला (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	दहला dahlā	दहले dahle
oblique	दहले dahle	दहलों dahlõ
vocative	दहले dahle	दहलो dahlo

Coordinate terms

Playing cards in Hindi · ताश (tāś) (layout · text)
इक्का (ikkā)	दुक्की (dukkī)	तिक्की (tikkī)	चौका (caukā)	पंजा (pañjā)	छक्का (chakkā)	सत्ता (sattā)
अट्ठा (aṭṭhā)	नहला (nahlā)	दहला (dahlā)	ग़ुलाम (ġulām)	रानी (rānī) बेगम (begam)	राजा (rājā) बादशाह (bādśāh)	जोकर (jokar)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀤𑁂𑀳𑀮𑀻 (dehalī), from Sanskrit देहली (dehalī, “raised terrace”).

Noun

दहला • (dahlā) m (Urdu spelling دہلا)

1. moat dug around a tree to hold water

   Synonym: थाला (thālā)

Declension

Declension of दहला (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	दहला dahlā	दहले dahle
oblique	दहले dahle	दहलों dahlõ
vocative	दहले dahle	दहलो dahlo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “दहला”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press