Meaning of ਦਾ | Babel Free

Definitions

1. of, belonging to; genitive case postposition
   standard
2. trick, ruse
   masculine
3. sometimes marks other cases associated with location or accompaniment in place of specific postpositions, such as:
   colloquial, uncommon
4. ਵਿਖੇ (vikhe, “locative case”), ਵਿੱਚ (vicca, “inessive case”)
   colloquial, uncommon
5. ਲਈ (laī, “benefactive case”)
   colloquial, uncommon
6. ਕੋਲ਼ (koḷ, “possessive case”), ਨਾਲ (nāl, “comitative case”)
   colloquial, uncommon

Equivalents

Examples

“ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਮਹਾਂ ਉਹਨਾਂ ਲਿਖਾਰੀਆਂ ਦੀਆਂ”

the greatest of those writers

“(dialectal)”

“ਬਨਾਰਸ ਦੇ ਠੱਗ”

the tricksters in/at Varanasi

“ਮਦਦ ਦੀ ਲੋੜ”

a need for help

“ਬੱਚੇ ਦਾ ਦੁੱਧ”

the child's milk

“ਦੁੱਧ ਬੱਚੇ ਦਾ ਹੈ”

the milk is with the child

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