# दश
## Nepali
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [d̪ʌs]
* Phonetic Devanagari: दस्

### Numeral

दश • (daś)
* Alternative form of दस (das).

### References

* “दश”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎, Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
* Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “दश”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar

## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* दशन् (daśan)

### Alternative scripts

* দশ (Assamese script)
* ᬤᬰ (Balinese script)
* দশ (Bengali script)
* 𑰟𑰫 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀤𑀰 (Brahmi script)
* ဒၐ (Burmese script)
* દશ (Gujarati script)
* ਦਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌦𑌶 (Grantha script)
* ꦢꦯ (Javanese script)
* 𑂠𑂬 (Kaithi script)
* ದಶ (Kannada script)
* ទឝ (Khmer script)
* ທຨ (Lao script)
* ദശ (Malayalam script)
* ᡩᠠᡧᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘟𑘫 (Modi script)
* ᢑᠠᠱᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦿𑧋 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐡𑐱 (Newa script)
* ଦଶ (Odia script)
* ꢣꢯ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆢𑆯 (Sharada script)
* 𑖟𑖫 (Siddham script)
* දශ (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩭𑩿 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚛𑚧 (Takri script)
* த³ஶ (Tamil script)
* దశ (Telugu script)
* ทศ (Thai script)
* ད་ཤ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒠𑒬 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨛𑨮 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *dáća (“ten”), from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ (“ten”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬯𐬀 (dasa), Ancient Greek δέκα (déka), Latin decem, Old English tīen (whence English ten).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /dɐ́.ɕɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /d̪ɐ.ɕɐ/

### Numeral

दश • (dáśa)
* ten

#### Derived terms

* दशकण्ठ (daśakaṇṭha, “ten-necked, an epithet for Ravana”)
* दशरथ (daśaratha)

#### Related terms

* दशत् (daśat)

#### Descendants

* Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀤𑀲 (dasa)
** Fiji Hindi: das
* Dardic:
** Central Dardic:
*** Chitral:
**** Kalasha: daš
**** Khowar: جوش (ǰoš)
*** Kunar:
**** Dameli: [script needed] (daš)
**** Gawar-Shumashti:
***** Gawar-Bati: [script needed] (dɔš, daš)
***** Shumashti: [script needed] (däs)
*** Pashayi: دې (dē)
** Eastern Dardic:
*** Kashmiri: دٔہ (dạh)
*** Kohistani:
**** Kohistani-Bashkari:
***** Bashkari-Torwali:
****** Kalami: دش (dəš)
****** Torwali: دش (dəš)
***** Indus Kohistani:
    Kanyawali: [script needed] (däš)
    Kohistani: [script needed] (daš)
***** Wotapuri-Katarqalai: [script needed] (daš(ə))
**** Tirahi: [script needed] (dah)
*** Shina:
**** Phalura-Savi:
***** Phalura: داش (dāš)
***** Savi:
**** Shina: دَئ (daï)
* Helu Prakrit:
** Dhivehi: ދިހަ (diha)
** Sinhalese: දහය (dahaya)
* Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀤𑀰 (daśa)
** Assamese: দহ (doh)
** Bengali: দশ (doś)
** Bishnupriya Manipuri: দশ (dôś)
** Odia: ଦଶ (daśa)
** Rohingya: doc
** Sylheti: ꠖꠡ (dośo)
* Pali: dasa
* Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀤𑀲 (dasa), 𑀤𑀳 (daha)
** Konkani: धा (dhā)
** Marathi: दहा (dahā)
* Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀤𑀲 (dasa)
** Gujarati: દશ (daś), દસ (das)
** Old Hindi:
*** Hindustani:
    Hindi: दस (das)
    Urdu: دس (das)
** Nepali: दस (das), दश (daś)
** Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਦਸ (das)
    Shahmukhi script: دس (das)
** Marwari: दाह (dāh)
** Romani: deś, desh (Anglicized), deš (Pan-Vlax)
* → Old Javanese: daśa (learned)
** > Javanese: ꦢꦱ (dasa) (inherited)
** → Balinese: ᬤᬰ (dasa)
* → Khmer: ទស (tŭəh) (learned)
* → Malay: (learned)
    Latin script: dasa
    Arabic script: داسا
* → Malayalam: ദശം (daśaṁ) (learned)
* → Telugu: దశము (daśamu) (learned)
* → Thai: ทศ (tót) (learned)

### References

* ↑ Benjamin W. Fortson IV (2010) “Indo-Iranian I: Indic”, in Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, 2nd edition, page 203