दादा

See also: दीदी, दिदी, दादी, and द्द

Hindi

Etymology

McGregor inferred it to be from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀤𑀸𑀤𑁆𑀤- (*dādda-). Platts gives it as from the Sanskrit तात (tāta) + कः (kaḥ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈd̪a(ː)d̪a(ː)]

Noun

दादा • (dādā) m (feminine दादी)

1. paternal grandfather
2. respectful address for an older man
3. (colloquial, derogatory) bully

Declension

Declension of दादा (masc unmarked ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	दादा dādā	दादा dādā
oblique	दादा dādā	दादाओं dādāõ
vocative	दादा dādā	दादाओ dādāo

Derived terms

• दादागिरी (dādāgirī)

Related terms

• नाना (nānā)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) , “दादा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press.
• Platts, John Thompson, “दादा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: William H. Allen and Company, 1884.