دستہ

From Classical Persian دسته (dasta, “bunch, bundle; group, cohort; handle, hilt”).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪əs.t̪ɑ(ː)/

دستہ • (dasta) m (Hindi spelling दस्ता)

1. (military) an army formation, typically a troop or company
2. (military, law enforcement) group, cohort, contingent; unit
3. (military, air force) squadron
4. a bundle of arrows
5. handle; hilt
6. posy; bouquet of flowers
7. pestle

• دَسْتَہ دار (dasta-dār, “captain”)
• دَسْتَۂ مَرْوارِید (dasta-e-marvārīd, “pearl necklace”)
• دو دَسْتَہ (do-dasta, “two-handed”)

• رمہ (rama)

• “دستہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “دستہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “دستہ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “دستہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.