دا

See also: ذا and Appendix:Variations of "da"

Bakhtiari

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck”), compare dê, دایه.

Noun

دا (dā)

1. mother

Central Kurdish

Postposition

Northern Kurdish	de

دا (da)

1. an element of several circumpositions

Related terms

• بەرەوی ... دا (berewi ... da)
• لە ... دا (le ... da)
• لەبەر ... دا (leber ... da)
• لەبەینی ... دا (lebeyni ... da)
• لەدەم ... دا (ledem ... da)
• لەرێگا ... دا (lerêga ... da)
• لەنێو ... دا (lenêw ... da)
• لەپێناوی ... دا (lepênawi ... da)
• لەژێر ... دا (lejêr ... da)
• لەگەڵ ... دا (legell ... da)

Adverb

Northern Kurdish	da

دا (da)

1. combines with several verbs, usually as “off” or “down”

Derived terms

• دابەرین (daberîn)
• داخِستِن (daxistin)
• دارِنان (darinan)
• دانان (danan)
• دانیشتن (danîştin)
• داکەنِن (dakenin)
• داگرتن (dagirtin)

Chadian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic ذَا (ḏā).

Determiner

دا • (dā) m (feminine دي, masculine plural دول, feminine plural ديل)

1. this

Pronoun

دا • (dā) m (feminine دي, masculine plural دول, feminine plural ديل)

1. this
2. used for emphasis

   قايد تفهم كلام الهسع قايد نقوله ليك دا؟

   gāʔid tafham kalām al-hassa gāʔid nagūla lēk dā?

   do you understand what I'm saying to you?

Kalami

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-Iranian *daćā-

Sanskrit दशा (daśā)

Kalami دا

Inherited from Sanskrit दशा (daśā, “fringe”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *daćā-. However, Turner also suggests the possibility of loaning from Classical Persian دَسَه (dasa, “thread”).

Pronunciation

• Tone class: LH
• IPA^(key): /d̪ǎː/

Noun

دا (dā) m

1. thread

References

• Baart, Joan L. G. (1997), “dā”, in The sounds and tones of Kalam Kohistani: with wordlist and texts (Studies in Languages of Northern Pakistan; 1)‎^[1], National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University; Summer Institute of Linguistics, page 85
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “daśā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 357

Moroccan Arabic

Verb

دا • (edda) I

1. alternative spelling of ادى (edda)

Pashto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪ɑ/

Pronoun

دا • (dâ)

1. she (visible feminine singular third person)
2. this, these (short form of دغه)

Punjabi

Noun

دا • (dā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਦਾ)

1. trick
2. ruse

Postposition

دا • (dā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਦਾ)

1. of

   Synonyms: دے (de), دی (dī)

Declension

Declension of دا

	masculine			feminine
	singular	plural		singular	plural
direct	دا (dā)	دے (de)		دی (dī)	دِیاں (diyāṉ)
oblique	دے (de)	دیاں (deyāṉ)		دی (dī)	دِیاں (diyāṉ)

Saraiki

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪aː/

Noun

دا (dā) m (Devanagari दा)

1. trick

Postposition

دا (dā) (Devanagari दा)

1. of