داس

Arabic

Etymology

From the root د و س (d-w-s).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /daː.sa/

Verb

دَاسَ (dāsa) I, non-past يَدُوسُ‎ (yadūsu)

  1. (transitive) to tread on, to trample, to step on
    اَلْخَيْلُ تَدُوسُ ٱلْقَتْلَى بِٱلْحَوَافِرِ
    al-ḵaylu tadūsu l-qatlā bi-l-ḥawāfiri
    The horses are trampling upon the slain with the hoofs.

Conjugation

Persian

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂- (to share, divide). Compare Mazanderani داز (dâz).

Pronunciation

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Noun

داس (dâs)

  1. sickle
    داس و چکشdâs-o-čakošhammer and sickle

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), داس”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
  • Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 78
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