डिब्बा

See also: डब्बा

Hindi

Alternative forms

• डब्बा (ḍabbā)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-New Indo-Aryan *𑀟𑀩𑁆𑀩 (*ḍabba)

Hindi डिब्बा

Inherited from Proto-New Indo-Aryan *𑀟𑀩𑁆𑀩 (*ḍabba) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-) without cluster simplification of unknown substrate origin. Compare Marathi डबा (ḍabā), Assamese ডবা (doba), Punjabi ਡੱਬਾ (ḍabbā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɖɪb.bɑː/, [ɖɪb̚.bäː]

Noun

डिब्बा • (ḍibbā) m (female equivalent डिब्बी, Urdu spelling ڈِبّہ)

1. box, container
   1. compartment (of a train)

Declension

Declension of डिब्बा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	डिब्बा ḍibbā	डिब्बे ḍibbe
oblique	डिब्बे ḍibbe	डिब्बों ḍibbõ
vocative	डिब्बे ḍibbe	डिब्बो ḍibbo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “डिब्बा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 421
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*ḍabba¹”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press