dad

• IPA^(key): /dæd/

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• Rhymes: -æd
• Homophone: Dad

From Early Modern English dadd, dadde (circa 1500), undoubtedly older, from unrecorded Middle English *dadde, of uncertain ultimate origin.

• Perhaps of Celtic origin, compare Welsh and Breton tad (from Proto-Brythonic *tad), Old Irish data; and possibly related to Russian дя́дя (djádja, “uncle”) and/or Russian де́душка (déduška, “grandfather”), all imitative. In Welsh, when subject to soft mutation (which occurs in vocative contexts, among others), tad becomes dad.
• Perhaps imitative of a child's first uttered syllables da, da.[1]
• Possibly from a metathetic variation of unrecorded Old English *ætta, *atta (“father”), from Proto-West Germanic *attō, from Proto-Germanic *attô ("father, forefather"; whence also North Frisian ate, aatj, taatje, tääte (“father; dad”), Middle High German tate (“father, dad”) (whence German Tate (“dad”), Bavarian tatte (“dad”), Cimbrian tatta (“dad”)), Icelandic táta (“dad”)), from Proto-Indo-European *átta (“father”), whence Sanskrit तत (tata, “father”).

• dadde (obsolete)
• dadda

dad (plural dads)

1. (informal) A father, a male parent.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:father

   His dad was always there for him.

2. Used to address one's father; often capitalized

   Synonyms: Dad, dada, daddy, pa, Pa, papa, pop, Pop, pappa, pater, paw

   Happy Father's Day, dad!

3. (slang) Used to address an older adult male

   Synonyms: daddio, pop, pops

• mum, mom
• sire

From dade (“to strike heavily”), dade (“a heavy blow or thud”). Probably onomatopoeic.

• dod, dodge, dadge

dad (plural dads)

1. A lump or piece.
2. A blow; act of striking something.

dad (third-person singular simple present dads, present participle dadding, simple past and past participle dadded)

1. (transitive) To throw against something; to dash.

dad (plural dads)

1. Alternative form of daad (“Arabic letter ض”)

• AD&D, ADD, add, add.

Inherited from Romani dad.

• IPA^(key): [ˈdæd], [dæd]

dad

1. father

   Synonyms: daddarus, daddi, daddus

   Kai si chor dad?

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   Kon si chor dad?

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

• “dad”, in Angloromani Dictionary‎, The Manchester Romani Project, 2004-2006, page 52

From Proto-Turkic *tāt. Cognate with Turkish tat, Bashkir тат (tat), Kazakh тәтті (tättı, “sweet, palatable”) etc.

• IPA^(key): [dɑd]

dad (definite accusative dadı, plural dadlar)

1. taste

   Synonym: tam

• → Lezgi: дад (dad)

Borrowed from Persian داد.

• IPA^(key): [dɑːd]

dad (definite accusative dadı, plural dadlar)

1. (Classical Azerbaijani) justice
2. (Classical Azerbaijani) court of justice
3. (Classical Azerbaijani) equivalent, replacement
4. (Classical Azerbaijani) punishment
5. complaint, grievance

dad

1. alas! woe!

Possibly from Arabic إِمْدَاد (ʔimdād), verbal noun of Arabic أَمَدَّ (ʔamadda).

dad (definite accusative dadı, plural dadlar)

1. help, aid, assistance

• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*dāt-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
• Abdullayev B. T.; Oruçov Ə. Ə.; Şirvani Y. Z., editors (1966), “дад”, in Әрәб вә фарс сөзләри лүғәти (Ərəb və fars sözləri lüğəti) [Dictionary of Arabic and Persian words], Baku: Азәрбајҹан ССР Елмләр Академијасы Нәшријјаты, page 134
• Orucov, Əliheydər, editor (2006), “dad”, in Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti [Explanatory Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language] (in Azerbaijani), volume I, Baku: Şərq-Qərb, pages 507-508

• dat (Sepečides, Sofia Erli)

From Romani dad.

dad m

1. (Bugurdži, Crimea, Kosovo Arli, Macedonian Arli, Sofia Erli, Ursari) father

   Synonyms: (Bugurdži) babi, (Sofia Erli) baba

• “dad” in Bugurdži Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “dad” in Crimean Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “dad” in Kosovo Arli Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “dad” in Macedonian Arli Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “dad” in Sofia Erli Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “dad” in Ursari Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

• daad (Latvia)

From Romani dad.

dad m

1. (Lithuania, North Russia) father

• “dad” in Lithuanian Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “dad” in North Russian Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

dad

1. Mutated form of tad.

From Romani dad.

dad m

1. (Burgenland, East Slovakia, Gurvari, Hungarian Vend, Prekmurski, Romungro, Veršend) father

• “dad” in Burgenland Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “dad” in East Slovak Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “dad” in Gurvari Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “dad” in Hungarian Vend Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “dad” in Prekmurski Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “dad” in Romungro Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “dad” in Veršend Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

From Persian داد (dâd).

dad f

1. justice

From Proto-West Germanic *dādi. Cognate with Old English dǣd, Dutch daad, Old High German tāt (German Tat).

dād f

1. deed

• Low German: Daat

dad m (plural dëd)

1. Clipping of dàdo (“a dear”).

• dade (Dolenjski)

Compare Hindi दादा (dādā, “grandfather, older brother”).[1]

dad m (accusative dades, nominative plural dada, accusative plural daden)

1. father

   Synonym: (Dolenjski) tata

• Alinčová, Milena (2002 September) “Daj / Dad (Mother / Father)”, in ROMBASE Cultural Database‎, Prague, archived from the original on 19 October 2021
• Marcel Courthiade (2009) “o dad, -es m. -a, -en”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 119ab
• Yūsuke Sumi (2018) “dad”, in ニューエクスプレス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, →ISBN, pages 22, 135

Akin to Irish dada, tada.

• IPA^(key): /tat/

dad m

1. anything, aught, tittle

   Ciod e th' ort? Chan eil dad.

   What is wrong with you? Nothing.

• dad ort

• MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC

• dat

From Romani dad.

dad m

1. father

• “dad” in Franz Nikolaus Finck, Lehrbuch des Dialekts der deutschen Zigeuner, Marburg, N. G. Elwert, 1903, →OCLC, page 74.
• “dad” in Sinte Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

dad m

1. people

• IPA^(key): /ˈdad/ [ˈd̪að̞]
• Rhymes: -ad
• Syllabification: dad

dad

1. second-person plural imperative of dar

From Romani dad.

dad

1. father

• “dad” in Norwegian Romani Dictionary.
• “dad” in Tavringens Rakripa: Romanifolkets Ordbok, Landsorganisasjonen for Romanifolket.

From Arabic ضَاد (ḍād).

dad

1. Letter of the Arabic alphabet: ض

• dat

From Romani dad.

dad m

1. (Banatiski Gurbet, Gurbet, Kalderaš, Lovara, Macedonian Džambazi, Sremski Gurbet) father
2. (Sremski Gurbet) stepfather

• “dad” in Banatiski Gurbet Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “dad” in Gurbet Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “dad” in Kalderaš Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “dad” in Lovara Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “dad” in Macedonian Džambazi Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “dad” in Sremski Gurbet Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

• IPA^(key): /daːd/

dad

1. Soft mutation of tad.

From Romani dad (“father”).

dad m

1. father
2. Roman Catholic priest

   Synonym: 'måro rašaj

• “dad” in Welsh Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

Cognate to Silt'e [script needed] (dal).

dad

1. (anatomy) abdomen

• Initial SLLE Survey of the Zway Area by Klaus Wedekind and Charlotte Wedekind