dabdabá

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Phalura

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu دَبْدَبَہ (dabdaba, pomp), from Classical Persian دَبْدَبَه (dabdaba, great noise, (sound of a) drum), from Arabic دَبْدَبَة (dabdaba, sound of footsteps).

Pronunciation

Noun

dabdabá m (Perso-Arabic spelling دبدبہ)

  1. pomp, highness

References

  1. ^ Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “دبدبه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 503
  2. ^ Wehr, Hans (1979) “دبدب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 312

Further reading

  • Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “dabdabá”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎, Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN