दग़दग़ा

Hindi

Alternative forms

• दगदगा (dagadgā)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دغدغه (dağdağa), from Arabic دَغْدَغَة (daḡdaḡa). Don't confuse with दगदगा (dagadgā, “burning brightly &c.”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪ə.ɣəd̪.ɣɑː/, [d̪ɐ.ɣɐd̪.ɣäː], /d̪ə.ɡəd̪.ɡɑː/, [d̪ɐ.ɡɐd̪.ɡäː]

Noun

दग़दग़ा • (daġadġā) m (Urdu spelling دغدغہ)

1. perturbation, anxiety, trepidation, apprehension, scruple
   • 1965, Premacanda, Mānasarovara‎^[1]:

     मिस्टर सिनहा को इस बात का दग़दग़ा तो पहिले ही था कि त्रिवेणी के विवाह में बाधाएँ पड़ेंगी लेकिन...

     misṭar sinhā ko is bāt kā daġadġā to pahile hī thā ki triveṇī ke vivāh mẽ bādhāẽ paṛeṅgī lekin...

     Mister Sinha had already the trepidation of the fact that many obstacles will befall during the marriage of Triveni, but...

2. alarm, fear, awe
3. suspicion, distrust

Declension

Declension of दग़दग़ा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	दग़दग़ा daġadġā	दग़दग़े daġadġe
oblique	दग़दग़े daġadġe	दग़दग़ों daġadġõ
vocative	दग़दग़े daġadġe	दग़दग़ो daġadġo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “दग़दग़ा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “dagdaga”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.