"dāsa" meaning in Pali

See dāsa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: Inherited from Sanskrit दास (dāsa). Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|pi|sa|दास|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Sanskrit दास (dāsa), {{inh+|pi|sa|दास}} Inherited from Sanskrit दास (dāsa) Head templates: {{pi-noun|m|f=dāsī}} dāsa m (feminine dāsī) Inflection templates: {{pi-decl-noun|g=m}} Forms: dāsī [feminine], masculine [table-tags], dāso [nominative, singular], dāsā [nominative, plural], dāsaṃ [accusative, singular], dāse [accusative, plural], dāsena [instrumental, singular], dāsehi [instrumental, plural], dāsebhi [instrumental, plural], dāsassa [dative, singular], dāsāya [dative, singular], dāsatthaṃ [dative, singular], dāsānaṃ [dative, plural], dāsasmā [ablative, singular], dāsamhā [ablative, singular], dāsā [ablative, singular], dāsehi [ablative, plural], dāsebhi [ablative, plural], dāsassa [genitive, singular], dāsānaṃ [genitive, plural], dāsasmiṃ [locative, singular], dāsamhi [locative, singular], dāse [locative, singular], dāsesu [locative, plural], dāsa [singular, vocative], dāsā [plural, vocative]
  1. (male) slave Tags: masculine Synonyms: āsapurisa

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "lang_code": "th",
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    {
      "form": "dāsī",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "masculine",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pi-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dāso",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dāsā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dāsaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dāse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dāsena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dāsehi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dāsebhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dāsassa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dāsāya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dāsatthaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dāsānaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dāsasmā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dāsamhā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dāsā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dāsehi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dāsebhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dāsassa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dāsānaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dāsasmiṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dāsamhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dāse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dāsesu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dāsa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dāsā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "m",
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      },
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      "name": "pi-noun"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "g": "m"
      },
      "name": "pi-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "pi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pali entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pali nouns with other-gender equivalents",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "slave"
      ],
      "id": "en-dāsa-pi-noun-GDk2sBDG",
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        [
          "male",
          "male"
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        [
          "slave",
          "slave"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(male) slave"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "āsapurisa"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
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}
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      "lang_code": "th",
      "raw_tags": [
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      ],
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      "word": "ทาส"
    }
  ],
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        "ts": ""
      },
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    {
      "form": "dāsī",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "masculine",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pi-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
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    },
    {
      "form": "dāso",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dāsā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dāsaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dāse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dāsena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dāsehi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dāsebhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dāsassa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dāsāya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dāsatthaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dāsānaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dāsasmā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dāsamhā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dāsā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dāsehi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dāsebhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dāsassa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dāsānaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dāsasmiṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dāsamhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dāse",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dāsesu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dāsa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dāsā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "f": "dāsī"
      },
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      "name": "pi-noun"
    }
  ],
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      },
      "name": "pi-decl-noun"
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  ],
  "lang": "Pali",
  "lang_code": "pi",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
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        "Pali masculine nouns",
        "Pali nouns",
        "Pali nouns in Latin script",
        "Pali nouns with other-gender equivalents",
        "Pali terms derived from Sanskrit",
        "Pali terms inherited from Sanskrit"
      ],
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        "slave"
      ],
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          "male",
          "male"
        ],
        [
          "slave",
          "slave"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
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      ],
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        {
          "word": "āsapurisa"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dāsa"
}

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