From Sanskritदश(dáśa) +-ము(-mu); from Proto-Indo-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-European*déḱm̥t. Compare Hindi दस(das), Urdu دس(das), Avestan [script needed](dasa), Persian ده(dah), Kurdish deh, Ossetian дӕс(dæs), Pashto لس(ləs), also Armenian տասը(tasə), Ancient Greek δέκα(déka), Russian десять(desjatʹ), Latin decem, English ten.