déedi

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Phalura

Etymology

From Sanskrit *दाद्द (dādda, father or elderly relative).

Pronunciation

Noun

déedi f (Perso-Arabic spelling دیدیۡ)

  1. grandmother
  2. father's mother

Inflection

m-decl (Pl): -m

References

  • Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “déedi”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎, Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “déedi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press