দাউদাউ

Assamese

Etymology

From Sanskrit দাৱ (dāvá, “wildfire”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dau.dau/

Adverb

দাউদাউ • (daudau)

1. expressing the din of a blazing fire, or the state of burning thus

Bengali

Etymology

Inherited from Old Bengali *দাৱ দাৱ (*dāva dāva), a reduplication, from Sanskrit दाव (dāvá, “wildfire”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *daHwós, from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂wós (“burning, kindled”), from *deh₂w- (“to burn, kindle, destroy, injure”).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /d̪au̯d̪au̯/, [ˈd̪au̯d̪au̯]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /d̪au̯d̪au̯/, [ˈd̪au̯d̪au̯]

Adverb

দাউদাউ • (daudau)

1. expressing the din of a blazing fire, or the state of burning thus