dāsa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dasa"

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da.sa/
• Rhymes: -sa
• Homophones: dāsa, daśa, dāśa
• Hyphenation: dā‧sa

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit दास (dāsa).

Noun

dāsa

1. slave
2. servant

Derived terms

• aṅdāsa

 

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦢꦱ (dasa) (inherited)
• → Balinese: ᬤᬵᬲ (dasa)

Etymology 2

Noun

dāsa

1. Alternative spelling of dāśa (“fisherman, ferryman”)

Further reading

• "dāsa" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀤𑀸𑀲 (Brahmi script)
• दास (Devanagari script)
• দাস (Bengali script)
• දාස (Sinhalese script)
• ဒါသ or ၻႃသ (Burmese script)
• ทาส or ทาสะ (Thai script)
• ᨴᩤᩈ (Tai Tham script)
• ທາສ or ທາສະ (Lao script)
• ទាស (Khmer script)
• 𑄘𑄂𑄥 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From Sanskrit दास (dāsa).

Noun

dāsa m

1. (male) slave.

Declension

Declension table of "dāsa" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	dāso	dāsā
Accusative (second)	dāsaṃ	dāse
Instrumental (third)	dāsena	dāsehi or dāsebhi
Dative (fourth)	dāsassa or dāsāya or dāsatthaṃ	dāsānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	dāsasmā or dāsamhā or dāsā	dāsehi or dāsebhi
Genitive (sixth)	dāsassa	dāsānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	dāsasmiṃ or dāsamhi or dāse	dāsesu
Vocative (calling)	dāsa	dāsā

Synonyms

• dāsapurisa

Descendants

• → Thai: ทาส (tâat)

See also

• dāsī f