दास्तान
Hindi
Alternative forms
- दास्ताँ (dāstā̃), दास्तां (dāstā̃)
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian دَاسْتَان (dāstān).[1] First attested in c. 1649[2] as Middle Hindi داستاں (dastaṉ).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /d̪ɑːs.t̪ɑːn/, [d̪äːs.t̪ä̃ːn]
- Hyphenation: दा‧स्तान, दास्‧तान
- Rhymes: -ɑːn
Noun
दास्तान • (dāstān) f (Urdu spelling داسْتان)[3][4][5]
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | दास्तान dāstān |
दास्तानें dāstānẽ |
| oblique | दास्तान dāstān |
दास्तानों dāstānõ |
| vocative | दास्तान dāstān |
दास्तानो dāstāno |
References
More information
- ^ Kuczkiewicz-Fraś, Agnieszka (2008) “dāstān”, in Perso-Arabic Loanwords in Hindustani, Part 1 Dictionary, Kraków: Księgarnia Akademicka, →ISBN, page 197.
- ^ “داسْتان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- ^ McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “दास्तान”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 493
- ^ “दास्तान”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- ^ Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “दास्तान”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 2267