डाब

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Hindi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀟𑀩𑁆𑀩 (*ḍabba), *𑀟𑀸𑀯 (*ḍāva, “box; hollow vessel”); possibly ultimately of Dravidian origin.[1] Compare डिब्बा (ḍibbā, “box”), Marathi डाव (ḍāv, “hollowed coconut”), Bengali ডাব (ḍbo), Odia ଡାବ (ḍabô, “raw coconut”). Also compare Swahili dafu, an Indo-Aryan borrowing.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɖɑːb/, [ɖäːb]

Noun[edit]

डाब • (ḍāb) m (Urdu spelling ڈاب)

  1. green coconut

Declension[edit]

Declension of डाब (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct डाब
ḍāb 		डाब
ḍāb
oblique डाब
ḍāb 		डाबों
ḍābõ
vocative डाब
ḍāb 		डाबो
ḍābo

References[edit]

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*ḍabba1”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Further reading[edit]

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