داس

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Arabic[edit]

Root
د و س (d-w-s)

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

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[edit]

Ottoman Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Persian داس (dâs, sickle).

Noun[edit]

داس (das)

  1. sickle, a tool having a semicircular knife, used for cutting long grass
    Synonyms: اوراق (orak), منجل (mincel)
  2. billhook, an agricultural tool with a curved end, used for pruning or cutting thick plants
    Synonym: كسكی (keski)

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Turkish: das

Further reading[edit]

Persian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Persian dʾs (dās), from Old Persian [Term?] (/⁠*dāça⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *dáHθra-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dáHtram (sickle). Compare Sanskrit दात्र (dātra).

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Readings
Classical reading? dās
Dari reading? dās
Iranian reading? dâs
Tajik reading? dos
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

داس (dâs)

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

References[edit]

  • 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