దశ

See also: దిశ and దేశం

Telugu

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit दश (daśa).

Noun

దశ • (daśa) ? (plural దశలు)

1. state, condition.
2. power, authority, influence.
3. luck, fortune.

Adjective

దశ • (daśa)

1. (compounds) deca-, ten (see దశము (daśamu))

   దశకంఠుడు

   daśakaṇṭhuḍu

   Ravana (the ten-headed demon)

References

• "దశ" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 584
• దశ at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)