दशहरा

Hindi

दशहरा, माँ दुर्गा और भगवान श्रीराम की, बुराई पर विजय का प्रतीक है

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit दशहरा (daśaharā), contraction of दशम (daśama, “tenth”) and अहर् (ahar, “day”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /d̪ə.ʃəɦ.ɾɑː/, [d̪ɐ.ʃɛʱ.ɾäː]

Proper noun

दशहरा • (daśahrā) m

1. (Hinduism) Dussehra (also known as Vijayadashami, a festival celebrating the victory of Rama over Ravana)

Declension

Declension of दशहरा (masc ā-stem)

	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