दबदबा

See also: धबधबा

Hindi edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic دَبْدَبَة (dabdaba).

Pronunciation edit

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d̪əb.d̪ə.bɑː/, [d̪ɐb.d̪ɐ.bäː]

Noun edit

दबदबा • (dabdabā) m (Urdu spelling دبدبہ)

strength, enormity, majesty, pomp
ज़ालिमों के दबदबा से हम आम लोग थक गए हैं।
zālimõ ke dabadbā se ham ām log thak gae ha͠i.
Us commoners are tired of the pomp of the tyrants.
noise, clamour, din

Declension edit

Declension of दबदबा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	दबदबा dabdabā	दबदबे dabdabe
oblique	दबदबे dabdabe	दबदबों dabdabõ
vocative	दबदबे dabdabe	दबदबो dabdabo

References edit

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “दबदबा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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