दादी

See also: दीदी, दिदी, दादा, and द्द

Hindi

Etymology

From Ashokan Prakrit *𑀤𑀸𑀤𑁆𑀤- (*dādda-).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d̪ɑː.d̪iː/, [d̪äː.d̪iː]

Noun

दादी • (dādī) f (masculine दादा, Urdu spelling دادی)

1. paternal grandmother

Declension

Declension of दादी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	दादी dādī	दादियाँ dādiyā̃
oblique	दादी dādī	दादियों dādiyõ
vocative	दादी dādī	दादियो dādiyo

Related terms

• नानी (nānī)

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “दादी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884) “दादी”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “दादी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press