দাদ

Bengali

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian داد (dād), from Middle Persian [script needed] (dʾt' /⁠dād⁠/, “law, justice”), from earlier [script needed] (dāt), from Old Persian 𐎭𐎠𐎫𐎶 (d-a-t-m /⁠dātam⁠/, “law”), from Proto-Iranian *dāta- (compare Manichaean Middle Persian [script needed] (dʾd /⁠dād⁠/), and the Iranian borrowings Classical Syriac ܕܬܐ (dāṯāʾ), Old Armenian դատ (dat), Hebrew דָּת (dāṯ)), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- (“to give”).

Noun

দাদ • (dad)

1. revenge; grudge; appeal; complaint.
2. justice, redress; (application/cry for)

   Synonyms: আদল (insaf), ইনসাফ (inośaph)

   এ খোদার মার এর তো কোন দাদ-ফরেদ নেই

   e khodar mar er to konô dad-fôred nei

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   - Kazi Abdul Wadud

Derived terms

• দাদ তোলা (dad tōla)
• দাদ নেওয়া (dad neōẇa)
• দাদখাই (dadokhai)

Etymology 2

Possibly related to Sanskrit दद्रु (dadru).

Noun

দাদ • (dad)

1. ringworm

References

• Accessible Dictionary, “দাদ” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh
• Accessible Dictionary, “দাদ” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh