dabba

From Hindi डब्बा (ḍabbā, “box, container”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʌbə/

dabba (plural dabbas)

1. (India) A kind of lunchbox or food container.

   Synonym: tiffin

• dabbawalla

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• IPA^(key): /ˈdæbə/

dabba (plural dabbas)

1. (mathematics) del, the partial difference symbol ∂

• yabba dabba doo (different etymology)

Borrowed from Kanuri dábbà (“animal”), from Arabic دَابَّة‎ (dābba, “quadruped”).

• IPA^(key): /dáb.bàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [dáb.bàː]

dabbā̀ f (plural dabbōbī, possessed form dabbàr̃)

1. animal

• Hausa vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

• dabbet

dabba

1. inflection of dabbe:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

dabba (present dabbar, preterite dabbade, supine dabbat, imperative dabba)

1. (reflexive) goof up

   Jag hade fått full pott på matteprovet om jag inte dabbat mig på det enklaste talet

   I would've gotten full points on the math test if I hadn't goofed up on the easiest question

   Synonym: tabba

• dabba in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• dabba in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

dabba (plural dabbalar)

1. hernia