दादुर

See also: दादरा

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit दर्दुर (dardura, frog), from imitative Proto-Indo-European root *dard-, related to Lithuanian dardė́ti (to rattle), Welsh godyrddu (to mumble).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /d̪ɑː.d̪ʊɾ/, [d̪äː.d̪ʊɾ]

Noun

दादुर • (dādurm (Urdu spelling دادر)

  1. frog

Declension

Declension of दादुर (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct दादुर
dādur
दादुर
dādur
oblique दादुर
dādur
दादुरों
dādurõ
vocative दादुर
dādur
दादुरो
dāduro

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “602”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 602
  2. ^ Stüber, K. (1998). The Historical Morphology of N-stems in Celtic. Ireland: Department of Old Irish, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, p. 103

Old Awadhi

Etymology

Compare Sanskrit दर्दुर (dardura).

Noun

दादुर (dāduram

  1. frog
    • c. 1500s CE, Tulsīdās, Rāmacaritamānasa:
      दादुर धुनि चहु दिसा सुहाई। बेद पढ़हिं जनु बटु समुदाई॥
      dādura dhuni cahu disā suhāī. beda paṛhahĩ janu baṭu samudāī.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)