दग़दग़ा

• दगदगा (dagadgā)

Borrowed from Classical Persian دغدغه (daġdaġa), from Arabic دَغْدَغَة (daḡdaḡa). Don't confuse with दगदगा (dagadgā, “burning brightly &c.”).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪ə.ɣəd̪.ɣɑː/, [d̪ɐ.ɣɐd̪.ɣäː], /d̪ə.ɡəd̪.ɡɑː/, [d̪ɐ.ɡɐd̪.ɡäː]

दग़दग़ा • (daġadġā) m (Urdu spelling دغدغہ)

1. perturbation, anxiety, trepidation, apprehension, scruple
   • 1965, Premacanda, Mānasarovara‎^[1]:

     मिस्टर सिनहा को इस बात का दग़दग़ा तो पहिले ही था कि त्रिवेणी के विवाह में बाधाएँ पड़ेंगी लेकिन...

     misṭar sinhā ko is bāt kā daġadġā to pahile hī thā ki triveṇī ke vivāh mẽ bādhāẽ paṛeṅgī lekin...

     Mister Sinha had already the trepidation of the fact that many obstacles will befall during the marriage of Triveni, but...

2. alarm, fear, awe
3. suspicion, distrust

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “दग़दग़ा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “dagdaga”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.