Grandfather in Hindi — Meaning of दादा (dada)

📖 Meaning of “Grandfather”

The meaning of “Grandfather” in Hindi is दादा, pronounced dada — it is a noun. Copy the Devanagari word above, hear how it is pronounced, and use it anywhere. To type words like this yourself, try our Hindi typing tool, or explore more words in the vocabulary sets.

📘 Definition of Grandfather

the father of your father or mother

🟢 Similar words for Grandfather

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✍️ Grandfather in a sentence

File C is the grandfather because it was used to create file B.

मेरे नाना की उम्र ८० साल हे

🌱 Word Origin (Etymology)

Inherited from Proto-New Indo-Aryan *दाद्द (dādda) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from onomatopoeic nursery reduplication. Cognate with Assamese দাদা (dada), Bengali দাদা (dada), Gujarati દાદો (dādo), Marathi दादा (dādā), Nepali दाइ (dāi), and Punjabi ਦਾਦਾ (dādā). Compare Sanskrit तात (tātá, “a father; a term of affection to a junior or senior”).

Quick facts about “Grandfather”

Everything we know about this word at a glance.

Word (English)

Grandfather

Meaning in Hindi

दादा

Pronunciation

dada

Part of speech

Noun

Similar words

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The Hindi meaning of "Grandfather" is दादा (dada).

In Devanagari script it is written as दादा.

It is pronounced "dada". Tap the speaker icon on this page to hear it aloud.

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