دادی

Urdu

Etymology

From Ashokan Prakrit *𑀤𑀸𑀤𑁆𑀤- (*dādda-).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪ɑː.d̪iː/

Noun

دادی • (dādī) f (masculine دادا (dādā), Hindi spelling दादी)

1. paternal grandmother

Declension

Declension of دادی
	singular	plural
direct	دادی (dādī)	دادیاں (dādiyā̃)
oblique	دادی (dādī)	دادیوں (dādiyō̃)
vocative	دادی (dādī)	دادیو (dādiyō)

Related terms

• نانی (nānī)

References

• “دادی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “دادی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.