दशहरा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit दशहरा (daśaharā).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d̪ə.ʃɛːʱ.ɾɑː/

Proper noun

दशहरा • (daśahrā) m

(Hinduism) Dusshera, Vijayadashami, a festival celebrating the victory of Rama over Ravana

Descendants

→ English: Dusshera

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “दशहरा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 483

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