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3-letter words (2 found)

ADD,DAD,

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Definitions and meaning of dad

dad

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dæd/
  • Rhymes: -æd
  • Homophone: Dad

Etymology 1

From Early Modern English dadd, dadde (circa 1500), undoubtedly older, from unrecorded Middle English *dadde, of uncertain ultimate origin.

  • Perhaps of Celtic origin, compare Welsh and Breton tad (from Proto-Brythonic *tad), Old Irish data; and possibly related to Russian дя́дя (djádja, “uncle”) and/or Russian де́душка (déduška, “grandfather”), all imitative. In Welsh, when subject to soft mutation (which occurs in vocative contexts, among others), tad becomes dad.
  • Perhaps imitative of a child's first uttered syllables da, da.
  • Possibly from a metathetic variation of unrecorded Old English *ætta, *atta (“father”), from Proto-West Germanic *attō, from Proto-Germanic *attô ("father, forefather"; whence also North Frisian ate, aatj, taatje, tääte (“father; dad”), Middle High German tate (“father, dad”) (whence German Tate (“dad”), Bavarian tatte (“dad”), Cimbrian tatta (“dad”)), Icelandic táta (“dad”)), from Proto-Indo-European *átta (“father”), whence Sanskrit तत (tata, “father”).

Alternative forms

  • dadde (obsolete)
  • dadda

Noun

dad (plural dads)

  1. (informal) A father, a male parent.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:father
  2. Used to address one's father; often capitalized
    Synonyms: Dad, dada, daddy, pa, Pa, papa, pop, Pop, pappa, pater, paw
  3. (slang) Used to address an older adult male
    Synonyms: daddio, pop, pops
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
  • mum, mom
  • sire

References

Etymology 2

From dade (“to strike heavily”), dade (“a heavy blow or thud”). Probably onomatopoeic.

Alternative forms

  • dod, dodge, dadge

Noun

dad (plural dads)

  1. A lump or piece.
  2. A blow; act of striking something.

Verb

dad (third-person singular simple present dads, present participle dadding, simple past and past participle dadded)

  1. (transitive) To throw against something; to dash.

Etymology 3

Noun

dad (plural dads)

  1. Alternative form of daad (“Arabic letter ض”)

Anagrams

  • AD&D, ADD, add, add.

Angloromani

Etymology

Inherited from Romani dad.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdæd], [dæd]

Noun

dad

  1. father
    Synonyms: daddarus, daddi, daddus

References

  • “dad”, in Angloromani Dictionary‎[1], The Manchester Romani Project, 2004-2006, page 52

Azerbaijani

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *tāt. Cognate with Turkish tat, Bashkir тат (tat), Kazakh тәтті (tättı, “sweet, palatable”) etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dɑd]

Noun

dad (definite accusative dadı, plural dadlar)

  1. taste
    Synonym: tam
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Lezgi: дад (dad)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Persian داد.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dɑːd]

Noun

dad (definite accusative dadı, plural dadlar)

  1. (Classical Azerbaijani) justice
  2. (Classical Azerbaijani) court of justice
  3. (Classical Azerbaijani) equivalent, replacement
  4. (Classical Azerbaijani) punishment
  5. complaint, grievance
Declension

Interjection

dad

  1. alas! woe!

Etymology 3

Possibly from Arabic إِمْدَاد (ʔimdād), verbal noun of Arabic أَمَدَّ (ʔamadda).

Noun

dad (definite accusative dadı, plural dadlar)

  1. help, aid, assistance
Declension

References

  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*dāt-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  • Abdullayev B. T.; Oruçov Ə. Ə.; Şirvani Y. Z., editors (1966), “дад”, in Әрәб вә фарс сөзләри лүғәти (Ərəb və fars sözləri lüğəti) [Dictionary of Arabic and Persian words], Baku: Азәрбајҹан ССР Елмләр Академијасы Нәшријјаты, page 134
  • Orucov, Əliheydər, editor (2006), “dad”, in Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti [Explanatory Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language] (in Azerbaijani), volume I, Baku: Şərq-Qərb, pages 507-508

Balkan Romani

Alternative forms

  • dat (Sepečides, Sofia Erli)

Etymology

From Romani dad.

Noun

dad m

  1. (Bugurdži, Crimea, Kosovo Arli, Macedonian Arli, Sofia Erli, Ursari) father
    Synonyms: (Bugurdži) babi, (Sofia Erli) baba

Derived terms

References

  • “dad” in Bugurdži Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
  • “dad” in Crimean Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
  • “dad” in Kosovo Arli Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
  • “dad” in Macedonian Arli Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
  • “dad” in Sofia Erli Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
  • “dad” in Ursari Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

Baltic Romani

Alternative forms

  • daad (Latvia)

Etymology

From Romani dad.

Noun

dad m

  1. (Lithuania, North Russia) father

Derived terms

References

  • “dad” in Lithuanian Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
  • “dad” in North Russian Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

Breton

Noun

dad

  1. Mutated form of tad.

Carpathian Romani

Etymology

From Romani dad.

Noun

dad m

  1. (Burgenland, East Slovakia, Gurvari, Hungarian Vend, Prekmurski, Romungro, Veršend) father

Derived terms

References

  • “dad” in Burgenland Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
  • “dad” in East Slovak Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
  • “dad” in Gurvari Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
  • “dad” in Hungarian Vend Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
  • “dad” in Prekmurski Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
  • “dad” in Romungro Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
  • “dad” in Veršend Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Persian داد (dâd).

Noun

dad f

  1. justice

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *dādi. Cognate with Old English dǣd, Dutch daad, Old High German tāt (German Tat).

Noun

dād f

  1. deed

Declension


Descendants

  • Low German: Daat

Romagnol

Noun

dad m (plural dëd)

  1. Clipping of dàdo (“a dear”).

Romani

Alternative forms

  • dade (Dolenjski)

Etymology

Compare Hindi दादा (dādā, “grandfather, older brother”).

Noun

dad m (accusative dades, nominative plural dada, accusative plural daden)

  1. father
    Synonym: (Dolenjski) tata

Descendants

References

Further reading

  • Alinčová, Milena (2002 September) “Daj / Dad (Mother / Father)”, in ROMBASE Cultural Database‎[2], Prague, archived from the original on 19 October 2021
  • Marcel Courthiade (2009) “o dad, -es m. -a, -en”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 119ab
  • Yūsuke Sumi (2018) “dad”, in ニューエクスプレス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, →ISBN, pages 22, 135

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Akin to Irish dada, tada.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tat/

Noun

dad m

  1. anything, aught, tittle

Related terms

  • dad ort

Mutation

Further reading

  • MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC

Sinte Romani

Alternative forms

  • dat

Etymology

From Romani dad.

Noun

dad m

  1. father

Derived terms

References

  • “dad” in Franz Nikolaus Finck, Lehrbuch des Dialekts der deutschen Zigeuner, Marburg, N. G. Elwert, 1903, →OCLC, page 74.
  • “dad” in Sinte Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

Somali

Noun

dad m

  1. people

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdad/ [ˈd̪að̞]
  • Rhymes: -ad
  • Syllabification: dad

Verb

dad

  1. second-person plural imperative of dar

Traveller Norwegian

Etymology

From Romani dad.

Noun

dad

  1. father

Derived terms

References

  • “dad” in Norwegian Romani Dictionary.
  • “dad” in Tavringens Rakripa: Romanifolkets Ordbok, Landsorganisasjonen for Romanifolket.

Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic ضَاد (ḍād).

Noun

dad

  1. Letter of the Arabic alphabet: ض

Alternative forms

  • dat

Vlax Romani

Etymology

From Romani dad.

Noun

dad m

  1. (Banatiski Gurbet, Gurbet, Kalderaš, Lovara, Macedonian Džambazi, Sremski Gurbet) father
  2. (Sremski Gurbet) stepfather

Derived terms

References

  • “dad” in Banatiski Gurbet Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
  • “dad” in Gurbet Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
  • “dad” in Kalderaš Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
  • “dad” in Lovara Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
  • “dad” in Macedonian Džambazi Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
  • “dad” in Sremski Gurbet Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /daːd/

Noun

dad

  1. Soft mutation of tad.

Mutation

Welsh Romani

Etymology

From Romani dad (“father”).

Noun

dad m

  1. father
  2. Roman Catholic priest
    Synonym: 'måro rašaj

Derived terms

References

  • “dad” in Welsh Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

Zay

Etymology

Cognate to Silt'e [script needed] (dal).

Noun

dad

  1. (anatomy) abdomen

References

  • Initial SLLE Survey of the Zway Area by Klaus Wedekind and Charlotte Wedekind

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