DADA


Meaning of DADA in English

~ 1 [ 'dadə ]

■ noun informal one's father.

Origin

C17: perh. imitative of a young child's first syllables (see dad ).

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~ 2 [ 'dα:dα: ]

■ noun Indian an older brother or male cousin.

↘a respectful form of address for any familiar older male.

Origin

from Hindi dādā .

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.