دادا

Eshtehardi

Noun

دادا (dādām

  1. father

Malay

Noun

دادا (plural دادا-دادا or دادا٢)

  1. Jawi spelling of dada.‎

Persian

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? dādā
Dari reading? dādā
Iranian reading? dâdâ
Tajik reading? dodo

Etymology 1

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Noun

دادا • (dâdâ)

  1. nanny, nurse
Descendants
  • Ottoman Turkish: دادا (dâdâ)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Turkic, compare Azerbaijani dədə, Uyghur دادا (dada), Turkish dede

Noun

دادا • (dâdâ)

  1. (dialectal, Qazvini) father

Urdu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /d̪ɑː.d̪ɑː/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː
  • Hyphenation: دا‧دا

Noun

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

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

References

  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

Ushojo

Etymology

From Persian دادا (dâdâ).

Noun

دادا (dādā)

  1. father, dad

Uyghur

Other scripts
Perso-Arabic دادا
Latin dada
Cyrillic дада

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɑdɑ/

Noun

دادا • (dada) (plural دادىلار (dadilar))

  1. father

Declension

See also