دادا

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Eshtehardi

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Noun

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دادا (dādām

  1. father

Malay

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Noun

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دادا (Rumi spelling dada, plural دادا-دادا or دادا۲, informal 1st possessive داداکو, 2nd possessive دادامو, 3rd possessive داداڽ)

  1. Jawi spelling of dada

Persian

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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دادا (dâdâ)

  1. nanny, nurse
  2. (dialectal, Qazvini) father

Descendants

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  • Ottoman Turkish: دادا (dâdâ)

Urdu

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Etymology

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From Ashokan Prakrit *𑀤𑀸𑀤𑁆𑀤- (*dādda-).[1] First attested in c. 1564 as Middle Hindi دادا (dādā)ِ.[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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دادا (dādām (feminine دادی (dādī), Hindi spelling दादा)

  1. paternal grandfather
  2. (polite) respectful address for an older / elderly man
  3. (by extension) a man who has raised or fostered a child like his own
  4. (Hindu) a dad
  5. (Hindu) brother
  6. Guru; master
  7. (colloquial) ringleader (of a gang)
  8. (in compounds) used to refer to a respected elder of an elder

Declension

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    Declension of دادا
singular plural
direct دادا (dādā) دادے (dāde)
oblique دادے (dāde) دادوں (dādõ)
vocative دادے (dāde) دادو (dādo)
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References

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  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*dādda”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 359
  2. ^ دادا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

Further reading

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Ushojo

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Etymology

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From Persian دادا (dâdâ).

Noun

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دادا (dādā)

  1. father, dad

Uyghur

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Other scripts
Perso-Arabic دادا
Latin dada
Cyrillic дада

Pronunciation

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Noun

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دادا (dada) (plural دادىلار (dadilar))

  1. father

Declension

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See also

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