दुंबा

Hindi

Alternative forms

• दुम्बा (dumbā)

Etymology

Either borrowed from Classical Persian دنبه (dumba) or inherited from Sanskrit दुम्बक (dumbaka, “thick-tailed sheep”), both from the same origin. Cognate with Bengali দুম্বা (dumba), English dumba

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪ʊm.bɑː/, [d̪ʊ̃m.bäː]

Noun

दुंबा • (dumbā) m (Urdu spelling دنبہ)

1. fat-tailed sheep

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “दुंबा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dumbaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press