dabba

See also: dábba

English

Etymology 1

From Hindi डब्बा (ḍabbā, “box, container”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʌbə/, (Indic) /ɖəbːaː/

Noun

dabba (plural dabbas)

1. (India) A kind of lunchbox or food container.

   Synonym: tiffin

Related terms

• dabbawalla

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdæbə/

Noun

dabba (plural dabbas)

1. (mathematics) del, the partial difference symbol ∂

See also

• yabba dabba doo (different etymology)

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Kanuri dábbà (“animal”), from Arabic دَابَّة (dābba, “quadruped”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dáb.bàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [dáb.bàː]

Noun

dabbā̀ f (plural dabbōbī, possessed form dabbàr̃)

1. animal

References

• Hausa vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• dabbet

Verb

dabba

1. inflection of dabbe:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

Swedish

Etymology

Probably from dialectal dab (“lump, bite”), perhaps ultimately of imitative/children's slang origin. Compare Norwegian dabb (“small, thick figure”), and dialectal dabbe (“clumsy or boorish person”), as well as German tappen (“to grope, fumble”). Also compare English dab (“to strike with a light blow”), itself probably borrowed from a Scandinavian word ultimately of imitative origin.

Verb

dabba (present dabbar, preterite dabbade, supine dabbat, imperative dabba)

1. (reflexive) goof up

   Synonym: tabba

   Jag hade fått full pott på matteprovet om jag inte dabbat mig på det enklaste talet

   I would've gotten full points on the math test if I hadn't goofed up on the easiest question

Conjugation

Conjugation of dabba (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	dabba		—
supine	dabbat		—
imperative	dabba		—
imper. plural1	dabben		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	dabbar	dabbade	—	—
ind. plural1	dabba	dabbade	—	—
subjunctive2	dabbe	dabbade	—	—
present participle		dabbande
past participle		—

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

• dabba in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• dabba in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Uzbek

Noun

dabba (plural dabbalar)

1. hernia