दशहरा

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Hindi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Proper noun[edit]

दशहरा • (daśahrā) m

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

Declension[edit]

Declension of दशहरा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	दशहरा daśahrā	दशहरे daśahre
oblique	दशहरे daśahre	दशहरों daśahrõ
vocative	दशहरे daśahre	दशहरो daśahro

Descendants[edit]

→ English: Dussehra

References[edit]

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “दशहरा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 483

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