دد

Arabic

Etymology

A Lallwort. As also synonymous دَدَن (dadan), دَدًا (dadan), دَادَة (dāda).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dad/

Noun

دَد • (dad) m (obsolete)

1. banter, diversion, frivolous play, sport, dalliance
   • a. 711, Paul Schwarz, editor, Der Diwan des ʿUmar Ibn Abī Rebīʿa: nach den Handschriften zu Cairo und Leiden mit einer Sammlung anderweit überlieferter Gedichte und Fragmente‎^[1], volume 1, Leipzig: Dieterich’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, published 1901, →DOI, page 46 شعر ٥٣ line 11:
   • a. 889, أبو محمد عبد الله بن مسلم بن قتيبة, edited by Michael Jan de Goeje, Ibn Qotaiba. Liber poësis et poëtarum. كتاب الشعر والشعراء وقيل طبقات الشعراء‎^[2], Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1904, page 442 line 10:

Declension

Declension of noun دَد (dad)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	دَد dad	الدَّد ad-dad	دَد dad
nominative	دَدٌ dadun	الدَّدُ ad-dadu	دَدُ dadu
accusative	دَدًا dadan	الدَّدَ ad-dada	دَدَ dada
genitive	دَدٍ dadin	الدَّدِ ad-dadi	دَدِ dadi

References

• Freytag, Georg (1833), “دد”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[3] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 17
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860), “دد”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎^[4] (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 681
• Lane, Edward William (1863-1893), “دد”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 862.
• Nöldeke, Theodor (1910), Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft‎^[5] (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 122

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (dt' /⁠dad⁠/), 𐫅𐫅 (dd /⁠dad⁠/).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈdad/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äd̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äd̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪äd̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪äd̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪æd̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äd̪]

• Rhymes: -ad

Readings
Classical reading?	dad
Dari reading?	dad
Iranian reading?	dad
Tajik reading?	dad

Noun

دد • (dad) (plural ددان (dadān / dadân), Tajik spelling дад)

1. (archaic) wild animal; wild beast

   Antonym: دام (dâm)

   • c. 1250, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, “Ghazal 441”, in دیوان شمس تبریزی [Dīvān-i Shams-i Tabrīzī]‎^[6]:

     دی شیخ با چراغ همی‌گشت گرد شهر
     کز دیو و دد ملولم و انسانم آرزوست

     dī šayx bā čirāġ hamē-gašt gird-i šahr
     k-az dēw u dad malūl-am u insān-am ārzō-st

     Yesterday the shaykh was circling the city with a lantern,
     For I am sick of demons and beasts, and a human being is my desire.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “دد”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “دد”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.