Surname
dās
“enemy, foreigner, foreign people, foreign land”
dās is used as a surname.
Meaning & origin
What it means
dās is a romanization of દાસ. દાસ goes back to Proto-Indo-Iranian *dásyuš-, meaning “enemy, foreigner, foreign people, foreign land.”
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Where it comes from
dās is a romanization of દાસ. દાસ comes from Sauraseni Prakrit, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.
Explained through its name family
dās’s family of names
In Gujarati usage, dās as a surname is a Roman-alphabet rendering of દાસ.
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