daada

What daada means

daada is written دادا in the Urdu script and means grandfather (paternal) in English. It is taught in the Family lessons under Grandparents & Elders.

You will also see it romanized as dada. Urdu has no single standard romanization; the script spelling is the same.

Forms of daada

daada is masculine, but like other kinship words and titles in -a it does not change before a postposition: daada ka, daada se.

Gender is taken from the course word list. The postposition rule is explained on the postpositions page, and how gender works on the noun gender page.

daada in example sentences

• میرے دادا جان سینکڑوں قصے سناتے ہیںَ

  My grandfather tells hundreds of anecdotes. Tatoeba #8314498

• میرے دادا اور دادی دونوں فوت ہو چکے ہیں۔

  Both my grandfather and grandmother are dead. Tatoeba #1497749

• میرے دادا ابو کو کتابیں پڑھنے کا شوق ہے۔

  My grandfather likes reading books. Tatoeba #1928543

3 of 4 Tatoeba sentences that use daada in this sense. Example sentences from Tatoeba, licensed CC BY 2.0 FR. Contributors are named on each sentence page.

Often in the same sentence

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