दाथ

Kashmiri

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit धातु (dhātu, “root, element, metal”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁-tu-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daːtʰ/

Noun

दाथ • (dāth) m (plural दाथ, Perso-Arabic داتھ)

1. metal
2. (grammar, linguistics) root, verbal root
3. (physiology) semen

References

• S. K. Toshakhani; J. Lal Kaul; Mohiuddin Hajni; Prithvi Nath Pushp; Akhtar Mohiuddin (1968-1980), Kashir Dictionary Vol 3‎^[1] (in Kashmiri), volume 3, Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages, page 223
• Grierson, George Abraham (1932), “dāth”, in A dictionary of the Kashmiri language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society of Bengal, page 257