दादी
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Hindi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ashokan Prakrit *𑀤𑀸𑀤𑁆𑀤- (*dādda-).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
दादी • (dādī) f (masculine दादा, Urdu spelling دادی)
- paternal grandmother
Declension[edit]
Declension of दादी (fem ī-stem)
Related terms[edit]
- नानी (nānī)
References[edit]
- 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