दास

See also: दस, दासी, दिस, दीस, दुस्-, देस, देसी, दोस्, and दोस

Hindi

दास • (dās) m (feminine दासी, Urdu spelling داس)

Declension of दास (masc cons-stem)

^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dāsá¹”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Bahri, Hardev (1989) “दास”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “दास”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
Platts, John T. (1884) “दास”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “दास”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Alternative scripts

दास m

Declension table of "दास" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	दासो (dāso)	दासा (dāsā)
Accusative (second)	दासं (dāsaṃ)	दासे (dāse)
Instrumental (third)	दासेन (dāsena)	दासेहि (dāsehi) or दासेभि (dāsebhi)
Dative (fourth)	दासस्स (dāsassa) or दासाय (dāsāya) or दासत्थं (dāsatthaṃ)	दासानं (dāsānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	दासस्मा (dāsasmā) or दासम्हा (dāsamhā) or दासा (dāsā)	दासेहि (dāsehi) or दासेभि (dāsebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	दासस्स (dāsassa)	दासानं (dāsānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	दासस्मिं (dāsasmiṃ) or दासम्हि (dāsamhi) or दासे (dāse)	दासेसु (dāsesu)
Vocative (calling)	दास (dāsa)	दासा (dāsā)

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Related to Proto-Indo-Iranian *dásyuš (“enemy, foreigner, foreign people, foreign land”), from Proto-Indo-European *des- (“enemy, foreigner”).

See also Old Persian 𐎭𐏃𐎹𐎠𐎢 (d-h-y-a-u /⁠dahạyau⁠/, “land, country”), Persian , Old Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬒𐬌𐬌𐬎 (dax́iiu, “country”), Younger Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬣𐬵𐬎 (daŋ́hu). Ancient Greek δοῦλος (doûlos, “slave”) perhaps belongs in this group as well.^[1] Related to दस्यु (dasyu, “barbarian”).

दास • (dā́sa) stem, m (Ṛgvedic dáasa)

Masculine a-stem declension of दास (dā́sa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	दासः dā́saḥ	दासौ / दासा¹ dā́sau / dā́sā¹	दासाः / दासासः¹ dā́sāḥ / dā́sāsaḥ¹
Vocative	दास dā́sa	दासौ / दासा¹ dā́sau / dā́sā¹	दासाः / दासासः¹ dā́sāḥ / dā́sāsaḥ¹
Accusative	दासम् dā́sam	दासौ / दासा¹ dā́sau / dā́sā¹	दासान् dā́sān
Instrumental	दासेन dā́sena	दासाभ्याम् dā́sābhyām	दासैः / दासेभिः¹ dā́saiḥ / dā́sebhiḥ¹
Dative	दासाय dā́sāya	दासाभ्याम् dā́sābhyām	दासेभ्यः dā́sebhyaḥ
Ablative	दासात् dā́sāt	दासाभ्याम् dā́sābhyām	दासेभ्यः dā́sebhyaḥ
Genitive	दासस्य dā́sasya	दासयोः dā́sayoḥ	दासानाम् dā́sānām
Locative	दासे dā́se	दासयोः dā́sayoḥ	दासेषु dā́seṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Ashokan Prakrit:
- Prakrit:
  - Helu Prakrit:
    - Sinhalese: දාසයා (dāsayā)
  - Khasa Prakrit:
    - Nepali: दास (dās)
  - Magadhi Prakrit:
    - Kamarupi Prakrit:
      - Early Assamese:
        Middle Assamese:
        Assamese: দাস (dax)
    - Old Bengali:
      - Middle Bengali:
        Bengali: দাস (daś)
  - Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀤𑀸𑀲 (dāsa)
    - Romani: das
  - Hindi: दास (dās)
Pali: dāsa
→ Old Javanese: dāsa
- > Javanese: ꦢꦱ (dasa) (inherited)
- → Balinese: ᬤᬵᬲ (dasa)
→ Telugu: దాసుడు (dāsuḍu)
→ Thai: ทาส (tâat)

^ Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 179