दादा
Hindi
Etymology
McGregor inferred it to be from Old Indo-Aryan dādda-. Platts gives it as from the Sanskrit तात (tāta) + कः (kaḥ).
Noun
दादा • (dādā) m
- paternal grandfather
- respectful address for an older man
- (colloquial, pejorative): bully
Related terms
- दादागिरी (dādāgirī)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “दादा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884), “दादा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & co.
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