दादा

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Hindi

Etymology

McGregor inferred it to be from Proto-Indo-Aryan [Term?] (*dādda-). Platts gives it as from the Sanskrit तात (tāta) + कः (kaḥ).

Pronunciation

Noun

दादा (dādām (feminine दादी)

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

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