डाब

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀟𑀩𑁆𑀩 (*ḍabba), *𑀟𑀸𑀯 (*ḍāva, “box; hollow vessel”); possibly ultimately of Dravidian origin. Compare डिब्बा (ḍibbā, “box”), Marathi डाव (ḍāv, “hollowed coconut”), Bengali ডাব (ḍabo), Odia ଡାବ (ḍāba, “raw coconut”). Also compare Swahili dafu, an Indo-Aryan borrowing.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɖɑːb/, [ɖäːb]

Noun

डाब • (ḍāb) m (Urdu spelling ڈاب)

1. green coconut

Declension

Declension of डाब (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	डाब ḍāb	डाब ḍāb
oblique	डाब ḍāb	डाबों ḍābõ
vocative	डाब ḍāb	डाबो ḍābo

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “डाब”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “डाब”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha