दादा
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 • (dādā) m (feminine दादी)
- paternal grandfather
- respectful address for an older man
- (colloquial, derogatory) bully
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 T. (1884) “दादा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
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- Hindi terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan
- Hindi terms derived from Proto-Indo-Aryan
- Hindi terms inherited from Sanskrit
- Hindi terms derived from Sanskrit
- Hindi terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hindi lemmas
- Hindi nouns
- Hindi nouns with other-gender equivalents
- Hindi masculine nouns
- Hindi colloquialisms
- Hindi derogatory terms
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