dabba

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Hindi डब्बा (ḍabbā, “box, container”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (South Asia) IPA(key): /ɖəb.bɑ/, /ɖɪb.bɑ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdʌb.ə/ ==== Noun ==== dabba (plural dabbas) (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) (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) 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 inflection of dabbe: simple past 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) (reflexive) goof up Synonym: tabba ==== Conjugation ==== === References === “dabba”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “dabba”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) == Uzbek == === Noun === dabba (plural dabbalar) hernia