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Yes. The word dabba is a Scrabble US word. The word dabba is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word dabba is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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5-letter words (1 found)

DABBA,

4-letter words (2 found)

ABBA,BABA,

3-letter words (5 found)

ABA,ABB,BAA,BAD,DAB,

2-letter words (5 found)

AA,AB,AD,BA,DA,

You can make 13 words from dabba according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of dabba

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Definitions and meaning of dabba

dabba

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdʌbə/

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

Conjugation

References

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

Uzbek

Noun

dabba (plural dabbalar)

  1. hernia

Source: wiktionary.org