ݙاہ
Saraiki
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit दास (dāsa, “knowing man”). Cognate with Sindhi ڏاھو (ḍ̠āho, “wise, clever”) and Gujarati ડાય્હ્યું (ḍāyhyũ, “sane, reasonable”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ᶑaːɦ/
Noun
ݙاہ (ḏāh) f
- news; information
- Synonym: خَبَر (xabar)
Derived terms
- ݙاہی (ḏāhī, “informant”)
Further reading
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dāsa²”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 361