دس
das/d̪əs/masculine
The Urdu word for ten is دس (das).
دس is the cardinal number occurring after 9 and before 11.
Meaning: the cardinal number occurring after 9 and before 11 (num)
Related words
How does it change in a sentence?
The form دس is tagged as masculine.
How do you pronounce it?
The word is pronounced as das (/d̪əs/).
Did you know?
- The word دس is a cognate with the English word 'decimal'. Both trace their roots back to the same ancient linguistic source for the number ten.
- The word دس is used in the phrase دس دس to indicate that something is happening in groups or sets of ten, rather than just a single total.
- In South Asian culture, including Urdu speakers, the number ten is often associated with perfection or completion, appearing in various idioms to describe a 'full' or 'complete' set.
Examples in context
- صفحہ نمبر دس سے رجوع کرے۔Please refer to page ten.This sentence demonstrates how to use دس when referring to a specific page number.Tatoeba #1474897 by nabeel_tahir, translation #73367 by CK
- میری گھڑی دس منٹ پیچھے ہے۔My watch is ten minutes slow.This sentence shows دس being used to describe a duration of minutes.Tatoeba #1505834 by nabeel_tahir, translation #1505493 by somekinda
- جہاز دس منٹ میں اڑ جائے گا۔The plane takes off in ten minutes.This sentence shows the use of دس in the context of a time frame for an event.Tatoeba #1677013 by nabeel_tahir, translation #318031 by CK
- میرے پاس دس نوٹ ہیں।I have ten notes.
- آج دس بجے ملتے ہیں۔Let's meet at ten o'clock today.
- 7 more sentences on Tatoeba
Example conversation
Ali and Sarah are checking the number of pens in a box.
- سارہ Saraکیا اس میں دس قلم ہیں؟Kya is mein das qalam hain?Are there ten pens in this?
- علی Aliنہیں، صرف آٹھ ہیں۔Nahi, sirf aath hain.No, there are only eight.
- سارہ Saraمجھے دس قلم چاہیے تھے۔Mujhe das qalam chahiye thay.I wanted ten pens.
- علی Aliمیں مزید لے آؤں گا۔Mein mazeed le aaon ga.I will bring more.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “ten” translations and entries دس, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries دس, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
