दस्त

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (dast).

Noun

दस्त • (dast) m (Urdu spelling دست)

(anatomy) hand (in compounds)
diarrhoea
a cubit

Declension

Declension of दस्त (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	दस्त dast	दस्त dast
oblique	दस्त dast	दस्तों dastõ
vocative	दस्त dast	दस्तो dasto

Related terms

दस्त-बदस्त (dast-badast, “hand-in-hand”)
दस्तक (dastak, “knock (on a door)”)
दस्तकार (dastakār, “dexterous”)
दस्तकारी (dastakārī, “hand-crafted”)
दस्तख़त (dastaxat, “signature”)
दस्तावर (dastāvar, “purgative”)
दस्तावेज़ (dastāvez, “document”)
दस्तावेज़ी (dastāvezī, “documentary”)

References

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

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