داس

Arabic

Root
د و س (d w s)
3 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daː.sa/

Verb

دَاسَ • (dāsa) I (non-past يَدُوسُ (yadūsu), verbal noun دَوْس (daws) or دِيَاس (diyās) or دِيَاسَة (diyāsa))

1. (transitive) to tread on, to trample, to step on

   اَلْخَيْلُ تَدُوسُ ٱلْقَتْلَى بِٱلْحَوَافِرِ

   al-ḵaylu tadūsu l-qatlā bi-l-ḥawāfiri

   The horses are trampling upon the slain with the hoofs.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of دَاسَ (I, hollow, a ~ u, full passive, verbal nouns دَوْس, دِيَاس, دِيَاسَة)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						دَوْس, دِيَاس, دِيَاسَة daws, diyās, diyāsa
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						دَائِس dāʔis
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مَدُوس madūs
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	دُسْتُ dustu	دُسْتَ dusta	دَاسَ dāsa		دُسْتُمَا dustumā	دَاسَا dāsā		دُسْنَا dusnā	دُسْتُمْ dustum	دَاسُوا dāsū
	f		دُسْتِ dusti	دَاسَتْ dāsat			دَاسَتَا dāsatā			دُسْتُنَّ dustunna	دُسْنَ dusna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَدُوسُ ʔadūsu	تَدُوسُ tadūsu	يَدُوسُ yadūsu		تَدُوسَانِ tadūsāni	يَدُوسَانِ yadūsāni		نَدُوسُ nadūsu	تَدُوسُونَ tadūsūna	يَدُوسُونَ yadūsūna
	f		تَدُوسِينَ tadūsīna	تَدُوسُ tadūsu			تَدُوسَانِ tadūsāni			تَدُسْنَ tadusna	يَدُسْنَ yadusna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَدُوسَ ʔadūsa	تَدُوسَ tadūsa	يَدُوسَ yadūsa		تَدُوسَا tadūsā	يَدُوسَا yadūsā		نَدُوسَ nadūsa	تَدُوسُوا tadūsū	يَدُوسُوا yadūsū
	f		تَدُوسِي tadūsī	تَدُوسَ tadūsa			تَدُوسَا tadūsā			تَدُسْنَ tadusna	يَدُسْنَ yadusna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَدُسْ ʔadus	تَدُسْ tadus	يَدُسْ yadus		تَدُوسَا tadūsā	يَدُوسَا yadūsā		نَدُسْ nadus	تَدُوسُوا tadūsū	يَدُوسُوا yadūsū
	f		تَدُوسِي tadūsī	تَدُسْ tadus			تَدُوسَا tadūsā			تَدُسْنَ tadusna	يَدُسْنَ yadusna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		دُسْ dus			دُوسَا dūsā				دُوسُوا dūsū
	f		دُوسِي dūsī							دُسْنَ dusna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	دِسْتُ distu	دِسْتَ dista	دِيسَ dīsa		دِسْتُمَا distumā	دِيسَا dīsā		دِسْنَا disnā	دِسْتُمْ distum	دِيسُوا dīsū
	f		دِسْتِ disti	دِيسَتْ dīsat			دِيسَتَا dīsatā			دِسْتُنَّ distunna	دِسْنَ disna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُدَاسُ ʔudāsu	تُدَاسُ tudāsu	يُدَاسُ yudāsu		تُدَاسَانِ tudāsāni	يُدَاسَانِ yudāsāni		نُدَاسُ nudāsu	تُدَاسُونَ tudāsūna	يُدَاسُونَ yudāsūna
	f		تُدَاسِينَ tudāsīna	تُدَاسُ tudāsu			تُدَاسَانِ tudāsāni			تُدَسْنَ tudasna	يُدَسْنَ yudasna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُدَاسَ ʔudāsa	تُدَاسَ tudāsa	يُدَاسَ yudāsa		تُدَاسَا tudāsā	يُدَاسَا yudāsā		نُدَاسَ nudāsa	تُدَاسُوا tudāsū	يُدَاسُوا yudāsū
	f		تُدَاسِي tudāsī	تُدَاسَ tudāsa			تُدَاسَا tudāsā			تُدَسْنَ tudasna	يُدَسْنَ yudasna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُدَسْ ʔudas	تُدَسْ tudas	يُدَسْ yudas		تُدَاسَا tudāsā	يُدَاسَا yudāsā		نُدَسْ nudas	تُدَاسُوا tudāsū	يُدَاسُوا yudāsū
	f		تُدَاسِي tudāsī	تُدَسْ tudas			تُدَاسَا tudāsā			تُدَسْنَ tudasna	يُدَسْنَ yudasna

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian داس (dâs, “sickle”).

Noun

داس • (das)

1. sickle, a tool having a semicircular knife, used for cutting long grass

   Synonyms: اوراق (orak), منجل (mincel)

2. billhook, an agricultural tool with a curved end, used for pruning or cutting thick plants

   Synonym: كسكی (keski)

Derived terms

• داس زرین (das-ı zerrın, “new moon”)
• داس و دلوس (das ve delus, “rubbish; rubble”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: das

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “das”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1111
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Falx”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[1], Vienna, column 548
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “داس”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[2], Vienna, column 2003
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “داس”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 881

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (dʾs /⁠dās⁠/), from Old Persian [Term?] (/⁠*dāça⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *dáHθra-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dáHtram (“sickle”). Compare Sanskrit दात्र (dātra).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [dɑːs]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɑːs]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɑːs]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪ɑːs]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪ɔːs]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɒːs]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɔs]

Readings
Classical reading?	dās
Dari reading?	dās
Iranian reading?	dâs
Tajik reading?	dos

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

داس • (dâs)

1. sickle

   داس و چکش ― dâs-o-čakoš ― hammer and sickle

   • c. 1649, Ṣāʾib-i Tabrīzī, “On the conquest of Qandahār and praise of Shah ʿAbbās II”, in دیوان‎^[4]:

     از باغ ملک سبزه بیگانه را درود
     شمشیر همچو داس شهنشاه کامکار

     az bāğ-i mulk sabza-yi bēgāna rā durūd
     šamšēr-i hamčū dās-e šahinšāh-i kāmkār

     The sickle-like sword of the emperor who achieves his will
     Has harvested foreign plants from the garden of sovereignty.

     (Classical Persian romanization)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “داس”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 78