दादा

See also: दीदी, दिदी, दादी, and द्द

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दादा

From Prakrit *दाद्द (dādda) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from onomatopoeic nursery reduplication. Cognate with Assamese দাদা (dada), Bengali দাদা (dada), Gujarati દાદો (dādo), Marathi दादा (dādā), Nepali दाइ (dāi), and Punjabi ਦਾਦਾ (dādā). Compare Sanskrit तात (tātá, “a father; a term of affection to a junior or senior”).

दादा • (dādā) m (female equivalent दादी, Urdu spelling دادا)

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “दादा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Platts, John T. (1884), “दादा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “dādda”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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दादा • (dādā) m (feminine दीदी)

Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983), “दादा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “दादा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911), “दादा”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press