ادا

See also: آدا and إذا

Baluchi

Adverb

ادا • (idá)

  1. here

Egyptian Arabic

Alternative forms

  • إدا, اده, إده (alternative spellings)

Etymology

From Arabic أَدَّى (ʔaddā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɪdːæ]

Verb

ادّا • (idda) (active participle مدّي (middi))

  1. to give

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Northern Kurdish

Etymology 1

Noun

ادا (adam

  1. alternative form of ade (weed (unwanted plant))

Etymology 2

Noun

ادا (adaf

  1. alternative form of ada (island)

References

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “ada I”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 1
  • Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “ada II”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 1

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic أَدَاء (ʔadāʔ), probably through Classical Persian ادا (adâ). The first sense is the original Arabic meaning.

Noun

ادا • (eda)

  1. (law) payment; delivery; performance (of a duty), execution
  2. tone, manner, style
  3. affectation
  4. arrogance

Derived terms

  • ادالی (edalı)

Descendants

  • Turkish: eda
  • Armenian: էտա (ēta)

Further reading

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “eda”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ادا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 61
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “eda”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ادا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 48

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَدَاء (ʔadāʔ).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? adā
Dari reading? adā
Iranian reading? adâ
Tajik reading? ado

Noun

ادا • (adâ)

  1. elegance; grace
  2. beauty
  3. charm
  4. coquetry
  5. manners
  6. imitation
  7. expression
  8. utterance; voice

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ادا (adā), from Arabic أَدَاء (ʔadāʔ).

Pronunciation

Noun

ادا • (adāf (formal plural ادائیں, Hindi spelling अदा)

  1. beauty, charm
  2. elegance, grace; style
  3. expression, imitation, manner
  4. coquetry, posture, blandishment

Adjective

ادا • (adā) (Hindi spelling अदा)

  1. accomplished, fulfilled, paid, performed, carried out

Derived terms