dhanamóos

Phalura

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰenh₂-

Sanskrit धन् (dhan)

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Sanskrit -अ (-a)

Sanskrit धन (dhana)

Phalura dhaán

Phalura mhaás

Phalura dhanamóos

Compound of dhaán (“goat”) +‎ mhaás (“meat”) with loss of aspiration on the second element (compare aakaaghuúṛ (“thunder”) for a similar sound change).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dhanamóos/

Noun

dhanamóos m (Perso-Arabic spelling دھنہ موس)

1. goat meat

Declension

Declension of dhanamóos (a-decl)
	singular	plural
nominative	dhanamóos	dhanamóosa
oblique	dhanamóosa	dhanamóosam

References

• Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “dhanamóos”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN