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dha

dha is the alternative form of dah.

Meaning of dah

Noun (1)

dah (plural dahs)

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

Noun (2)

dah (plural dahs)

  1. (Myanmar) 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.1922, Rudyard Kipling, What Happened, lines 33–36

Noun capitalized: DHA

DHA (uncountable)

  1. (abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of docosahexaenoic acid.
    • A diet rich in DHA made sense, boosting general health, fortifying the brain, helping maintain focus and alertness and offsetting cognitive weariness.2023, Martin MacInnes, In Ascension, Atlantic Books, page 228
  2. (abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of dihydroxyacetone.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of discourse-historical approach (in critical discourse analysis).

Forms of dha

pluraldhas

Questions about dha

What is dha the alternative form of?
Dha is the alternative form of dah.
What part of speech is dha?
Dha is a noun.
What is the plural of dha?
The plural of dha is dhas.

Words near dha in the dictionary

  1. DGS
  2. dGTPase
  3. dGTPases
  4. DGU
  5. DH
  6. dha
  7. dhaal
  8. dhaals
  9. Dhaalu
  10. Dhaandhoo
  11. dhaanto

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