Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dah

/dɑː/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.12 in modern English

Syllables: dah
IPA: /dɑː/

7

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The spoken representation of a dash in radio and telegraph Morse code.

noun

A long knife or sword with a round cross-section grip, a long, gently curving blade with a single edge, and no guard.

Example Sentences

"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."
"It was like a sea of people, two thousand at the least, black and white in the moon, with here and there a curved dah glittering."

Etymology

Imitative

Word Breakdown

Root: ဓား

Inflected Forms

dahs (plural) dao (alternative) dha (alternative) dow (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

dit

Synonyms

dash

Homonyms

da daw

Rhymes With

ca huh uh uh-huh duh uhh sta suh pooh-bah kumbaya shema brugh

Questions

How do you pronounce dah?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɑː/.
What does dah mean?: The spoken representation of a dash in radio and telegraph Morse code.
Where does dah come from?: Imitative

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