Dashain
Dashain proper noun: the Nepali version of the Vijayadashami festival.
Proper noun
Dashain
- The Nepali version of the Vijayadashami festival.
Dashain meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
Dashain in Hindi
- a Hindu festival
- दशहरा daśahrā, विजयादशमी vijyādaśmī, विजयदशमी vijyadaśmī
Dashain in Tamil
- a Hindu festival
- விஜயதசமி vijayatacami
Dashain in Marathi
- a Hindu festival
- विजयादशमी vijyādaśmī
Dashain in Bengali
- a Hindu festival
- দশহরা dośhora
More languagesFewer languages
- Dashain in Telugu
- విజయదశమి vijayadaśami
- Dashain in Malayalam
- വിജയദശമി vijayadaśami
- Dashain in Kannada
- ವಿಜಯದಶಮಿ vijayadaśami
- Dashain in Punjabi
- ਦੁਸਹਿਰਾ dushirā
- Dashain in Gujarati
- દશેરા daśerā
- Dashain in Sanskrit
- विजयादशमी vijayādaśamī, विजयदशमी vijayadaśamī
- Dashain in Nepali
- दशैं daśa͠i
Origin of Dashain
Borrowed from Nepali दशैं (daśa͠i).
Questions about Dashain
- What does Dashain mean?
- Dashain means the Nepali version of the Vijayadashami festival.
- What is Dashain in Hindi?
- Dashain in Hindi is दशहरा (daśahrā), विजयादशमी (vijyādaśmī), विजयदशमी (vijyadaśmī). See Dashain meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Dashain?
- Dashain is a proper noun.
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