دسواں

Urdu

Urdu numbers ^(edit)

		100
[a], [b] ←  1	[a], [b] ←  9	۱۰ 10	11  →	20  →
		1[a], [b]
Cardinal: دَس (das)     Ordinal: دَسْواں (dasvā̃), دَہُم (dahum)     Multiplier: دَس گُنا (das gunā)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Hindi दसवै (dasavai), दसवैं (dasava͠i, Rājasthānī manuscripts) (with adverbizer affix -ai), from Prakrit 𑀤𑀲𑀫 (dasama), from Sanskrit दशम (daśamá). Doublet of دَہُم (dahum, dahm). By surface analysis, دَس (das) +‎ ـوَاں (vā̃).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪əs.ʋɑ̃ː/

Adjective

دَسْواں • (dasvā̃) (Hindi spelling दसवाँ)

1. tenth

Declension

declension of دَسْوَاں

	masculine			feminine
	singular	plural		singular	plural
direct	دَسْوَاں (dasvā̃)	دَسْویں (dasvẽ)		دَسْوِیں (dasvī̃)	دَسْوِیں (dasvī̃)
indirect	دَسْویں (dasvẽ)	دَسْویں (dasvẽ)		دَسْوِیں (dasvī̃)	دَسْوِیں (dasvī̃)
vocative	دَسْویں (dasvẽ)	دَسْویں (dasvẽ)		دَسْوِیں (dasvī̃)	دَسْوِیں (dasvī̃)

Further reading

• “دسواں”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “دسواں”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “دسوان”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “daśamá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press