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)	बेगम (begam)	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