dah
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dah¹
- /dɑː/
Rhymes with -ɑː
Where it comes from
Imitative
noun dahs
- The spoken representation of a dash in radio and telegraph Morse code.
dah²
- /dɑː/
Rhymes with -ɑː
Where it comes from
From Burmese ဓား (dha:). Possibly a doublet of dao.
noun dahs · dao · dha · dow
- A long knife or sword with a round cross-section grip, a long, gently curving blade with a single edge, and no guard. Jowar Singh the Sikh procured sabre, quoit, and mace, / Abdul Huq, Wahabi, jerked his dagger from its place, / While amid the jungle-grass danced and grinned and jabbered / Little Boh Hla-oo and cleared his dah-blade from the scabbard.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: dash, yes, dit, yeah, zip, doo, dha, coo, dee, em dash, en dash, morse, em-dash, figure dash, quotation dash, swung dash
Translations
Talk about this word "dah." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/dah. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. dah. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/dah "dah." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/dah.Cite this
@misc{dah_2026,
title = {dah},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dah},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
