दशा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit दशा (daśā).

Noun

दशा • (daśā) f

1. state, condition

   Synonyms: हालत (hālat), अवस्था (avasthā)

   अपने मित्र से बात करके मुझे पता चला कि तुम लोगों की दशा क्या है

   apne mitra se bāt karke mujhe patā calā ki tum logõ kī daśā kyā hai

   having spoken with my friend I learnt what is the condition of your folks

2. period, stage

Declension

Declension of दशा (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	दशा daśā	दशाएँ daśāẽ
oblique	दशा daśā	दशाओं daśāõ
vocative	दशा daśā	दशाओ daśāo

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit दशा (daśā).

Noun

दशा • (daśā) f

1. state, condition

   Synonyms: हालत (hālat), अवस्था (avasthā)

2. plight
3. life stage

Declension

Declension of दशा (fem ā-stem)
direct singular	दशा daśā
direct plural	दशा daśāā
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	दशा daśā		दशा daśāā
oblique सामान्यरूप	दशे daśāe		दशां- daśāān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	दशेला daśāelā		दशांना daśāānnā
ergative	दशेने, दशेनं daśāene, daśāena		दशांनी daśāānnī
instrumental	दशेशी daśāeśī		दशांशी daśāānśī
locative सप्तमी	दशेत daśāet		दशांत daśāāt
vocative संबोधन	दशे daśāe		दशांनो daśāānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of दशा (fem ā-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	दशेचा daśāeċā	दशेचे daśāeċe	दशेची daśāecī	दशेच्या daśāecā	दशेचे, दशेचं daśāeċe, daśāeċa	दशेची daśāecī	दशेच्या daśāecā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	दशांचा daśāānċā	दशांचे daśāānċe	दशांची daśāāñcī	दशांच्या daśāāncā	दशांचे, दशांचं daśāānċe, daśāānċa	दशांची daśāāñcī	दशांच्या daśāāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “दशा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *daćā- (compare Khotanese [script needed] (dasa, “thread”), Baluchi [script needed] (dasag, “thread”), Northern Kurdish dezî (dazī, “thread”) and Central Kurdish داسک (dask), دەزوو (dezû, “thread”)).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɐ́.ɕɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ɐ.ɕɑː/

Noun

दशा • (daśā) stem, f

1. fringe, hem, border