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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)
- pomp, highness
References
- ^ Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “دبدبه”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 503
- ^ 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