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dahn | dahl |

As an adverb dahn

is eye dialect of down.

As a preposition dahn

is eye dialect of down.

As a noun dahl is

any of many dried husked pulses (legume), including peas, beans and lentils.

dahn

English

Adverb

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  • *{{quote-book, year=1920, author=Fritz August Voigt, title=Combed Out, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=At the end o' the six paces yer cuts yer 'and away an' brings it smartly dahn ter yer side an' looks to yer front. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1904, author=David Christie Murray, title=VC -- A Chronicle of Castle Barfield and of the Crimea, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=He's got a kind of a way with him an' he sits dahn with the like of huz, and he talks to us as if we was men in place o' bein' cattle, which is the way with most on 'em. }}

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • * 2007 , Howard Whitehouse, Bill Slavin, The Faceless Fiend: The Faceless Fiend: Being the Tale of a Criminal Mastermind, His Masked Minions and a Princess with a Butter Knife, Involving Explosives and a Certain Amount of Pushing and Shoving, Book 2
  • *:“So, wot, people'd pay to throw you dahn the stairs? Dunno abaht that. People in these parts is used to throwing one another dahn stairs for free.

    • dahl

    English

    Alternative forms

    * dal * dhal * daal

    Noun

    (wikipedia dahl) (en noun)
  • Any of many dried husked pulses (legume), including peas, beans and lentils
  • A dish made from lentils, cooked with spices, tomatoes and onions etc
  • A tropical herb with yellow flowers; the pigeon pea

    • Derived terms

    * chana dal * massor dahl * tarka dahl * urad dal

    References

    * WordNet * OED 2nd edition 1989

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