Where does “Dashami” come from?
Dashami (English) comes from Sanskrit दशमी, from Sanskrit दशम, from Indo-Iranian *daćamás.
Ancestry of “Dashami”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | दशमी | tenth day in a lunar fortnight; tenth |
| 2 | Sanskrit | दशम | tenth |
| 3 | Indo-Iranian | *daćamás | — |