दुंबा
Hindi
Alternative forms
- दुम्बा (dumbā)
Etymology
Either borrowed from Classical Persian دنبه (dumba) or inherited from Sanskrit दुम्बक (dumbaka, “thick-tailed sheep”), both from the same origin. Cognate with Bengali দুম্বা (dumba), English dumba
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /d̪ʊm.bɑː/, [d̪ʊ̃m.bäː]
Noun
दुंबा • (dumbā) m (Urdu spelling دنبہ)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “दुंबा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dumbaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press