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dasta ܕܵܣܬܵܐ

dasta is the Assyrian word for group, party — everyday spoken Assyrian (Sureth) of Urmi, a modern Aramaic language.

Computer-generated pronunciation.

Meaning

  1. group, party, band, company, gang, team
  2. bunch
  3. class (general word, also school class).
  4. suit (of clothes)

Forms

Pluraldaste, dasyate

Examples

dastet palakhe
ܕܵܣܬܸܬ ܦܵܠܵܚܸܐ
a group of workers
dastet karte
ܕܵܣܬܸܬ ܩܵܪܛܸܐ
card deck
sar-dasta
ܣܵܪ ܕܵܣܬܵܐ
head of the group
daste daste khazdakhva bi … magesta
Then we would harvest it, bunch by bunch, with a sickle

Source: Khan 2016, vol. 3, p. 140.

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