दामन

Borrowed from Classical Persian دامن (dāman).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪ɑː.mən/, [d̪äː.mɐ̃n]

दामन • (dāman) m (Urdu spelling دامن)

1. hem of a garment; skirt

   दामन छोड़ना

   dāman choṛnā

   to escape, rid oneself of

   (literally, “to let go of the hem of a garment”)

2. outskirts, edges; foothills

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “दामन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 491