डाब
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Hindi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀟𑀩𑁆𑀩 (*ḍabba), *𑀟𑀸𑀯 (*ḍāva, “box; hollow vessel”); possibly ultimately of Dravidian origin.[1] Compare डिब्बा (ḍibbā, “box”), Marathi डाव (ḍāv, “hollowed coconut”), Bengali ডাব (ḍbo), Odia ଡାବ (ḍāba, “raw coconut”). Also compare Swahili dafu, an Indo-Aryan borrowing.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]डाब • (ḍāb) m (Urdu spelling ڈاب)
- green coconut
Declension
[edit]Declension of डाब (masc cons-stem)
References
[edit]- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*ḍabba1”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Further reading
[edit]- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “डाब”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “डाब”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha