दशहरा
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit दशहरा (daśaharā), contraction of दशम (daśama, “tenth”) and अहर् (ahar, “day”).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /d̪ə.ʃəɦ.ɾɑː/, [d̪ɐ.ʃɛʱ.ɾäː]
Proper noun
दशहरा • (daśahrā) m
- (Hinduism) Dussehra (also known as Vijayadashami, a festival celebrating the victory of Rama over Ravana)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | दशहरा daśahrā |
दशहरे daśahre |
| oblique | दशहरे daśahre |
दशहरों daśahrõ |
| vocative | दशहरे daśahre |
दशहरो daśahro |
Descendants
- → English: Dussehra
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “दशहरा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 483