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Urdu
Etymology
Feminine of دادا (dādā), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀤𑀸𑀤𑁆𑀤- (*dādda-).[1] First attested in c. 1635 as Middle Hindi دادی (dādī)ِ.[2]
Pronunciation
Noun
دادی • (dādī) f (masculine دادا (dādā), Hindi spelling दादी)
- paternal grandmother
- (polite) an old woman
Declension
| Declension of دادی
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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دادی (dādī)
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دادِیاں (dādiyā̃)
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| oblique
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دادی (dādī)
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دادِیوں (dādiyō̃)
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| vocative
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دادی (dādī)
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دادِیو (dādiyō)
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References
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*dādda”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 359
- ^ “دادی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
Further reading
More information
- “دادی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “دادا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 298
- Platts, John T. (1884) “دادي”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 500
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “دادي”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 611
- John Shakespear (1834) “دادی”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC