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Where does “dahs” come from?

dahs (English) comes from English dah, from Burmese ဓား — knife; sword.

dahs (English): plural of dah

Definitions

  1. plural of dah

Ancestry of “dahs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdahThe spoken representation of a dash in radio and...
2Burmeseဓားknife; sword
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