Hindi

Noun

दादा • ‎(dādā) m

1. paternal grandfather
2. respectful address for an older man
3. (colloquial, pejorative): bully

Related terms

• दादागिरी ‎(dādāgirī)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “दादा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. A dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English Oxford. 1884.