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dobi

Albanian edit

Etymology edit

Back formation of Old Gheg verb dobit ("to win, to succeed, to defeat"), borrowed from Serbo-Croatian dobiti ("to win, to take; to catch").[1][2]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

dobi f (plural dobi, definite dobia, definite plural dobitë)

  1. benefit, profit
  2. usefulness

References edit

  1. ^ Omari, Anila (2012), "dobit", in Marrëdhëniet gjuhësore shqiptaro-serbe, Tirana, Albania: Kristalina KH, page 127-128
  2. ^ https://fjale.al/dobi - Kuptimi i fjalës "dobi"

Latvian edit

Adjective edit

dobi

  1. nominative plural masculine of dobs

Adverb edit

dobi

  1. hollow, hollowly; adverbial form of dobs

Malay edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Hindi धोबी (dhobī).

Noun edit

dobi (plural dobi-dobi, informal 1st possessive dobiku, 2nd possessive dobimu, 3rd possessive dobinya)

  1. laundryman
    Synonyms: tukang dobi, benatu, penatu, (classical) benara
  2. (colloquial) laundromat

Adjective edit

dobi

  1. of laundering

Derived terms edit

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Further reading edit

Serbo-Croatian edit

Verb edit

dobi (Cyrillic spelling доби)

  1. second/third-person singular aorist past of dobiti

Slovene edit

Noun edit

dóbi

  1. nominative/instrumental plural of dọ̑b

Noun edit

dôbi

  1. inflection of dóba:
    1. dative/locative singular
    2. nominative/accusative dual

Swahili edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Hindi धोबी (dhobī).

Pronunciation edit

  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Noun edit

dobi (ma class, plural madobi)

  1. laundryman or washerman, or laundrywoman or washerwoman

Derived terms edit

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