"dah" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɑː/ Forms: dahs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑː Etymology: Imitative Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|en|title=Imitative}} Imitative Head templates: {{en-noun}} dah (plural dahs)
  1. The spoken representation of a dash in radio and telegraph Morse code. Related terms: dit Translations (spoken representation of a dash): ta [masculine] (French), ツー (tsū) (Japanese), тире́ (tirɛ́) [neuter] (Russian)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /dɑː/ Forms: dahs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑː Etymology: From Burmese ဓား (dha:). Possibly a doublet of dao. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|my|ဓား}} Burmese ဓား (dha:), {{doublet|en|dao|nocap=1}} doublet of dao Head templates: {{en-noun}} dah (plural dahs)
  1. (Myanmar) A long knife or sword with a round cross-section grip, a long, gently curving blade with a single edge, and no guard. Tags: Myanmar Synonyms: dao, dha, dow
    Sense id: en-dah-en-noun-65g6wzQN Categories (other): Myanmar English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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