daddy
/ˈdædi/noun
उच्चारण डैडी
पापा, डैडी, पिताजी
Basic word
- 1
[C] informal
used by children to talk about or to their father
पापा, डैडी, पिताजी
- Daddy, can we go to the park?
- Her daddy picked her up from school.
- Daddy, will you read me a story?
+ 2 more examples
- The little boy ran to give his daddy a hug.
- She drew a picture of her daddy and herself.
Opposite mummy
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
Daddy (as a name) / my daddy
Used by or to young children; with a capital letter as a name, and in lower case after my or your.
छोटे बच्चे इसे प्रयोग करते हैं या इससे संबोधित किए जाते हैं; नाम के रूप में capital letter और 'my' या 'your' के बाद छोटे अक्षर में।
- Daddy, can I have an ice cream?
- My daddy takes me to the park.
daddy + noun (informal compounds)
In some compounds daddy is slangy or playful, such as daddy-long-legs, a type of insect.
कुछ compound शब्दों में 'daddy' बोलचाल का या विनोदी होता है, जैसे daddy-long-legs, जो एक कीट है।
- A daddy-long-legs was crawling on the wall.
daddy (child-talk, not for exams or forms)
Grown-ups say dad or father; daddy sounds childish, so avoid it in an essay or letter.
बड़े लोग 'dad' या 'father' कहते हैं; 'daddy' बचकाना लगता है, इसलिए निबंध या पत्र में इससे बचें।
- In her essay she wrote 'my father', not 'my daddy'.
daddy (not countable in general use)
It is mostly used as a name or with my, your and her; it is rarely used with a, as in a daddy.
यह प्रायः नाम के रूप में या my, your, her के साथ प्रयुक्त होता है; 'a daddy' जैसा प्रयोग कम ही मिलता है।
- Her daddy is a bus driver.
+Collocations 6
adjective + daddy
deardarlingkindbigfavourite
- The little girl hugged her kind daddy.
verb + daddy
callwait forrun tohugmiss
- The child ran to her daddy as he came through the gate.
daddy + preposition
to daddywith daddylike daddyfor daddy
- He wants to be tall like daddy.
daddy and mummy
mummy and daddydaddy and mummydaddy and granny
- Mummy and daddy are going to the market.
daddy + play words
Daddy CoolDaddy-Osugar daddydaddy-long-legs
- A daddy-long-legs flew in through the window.
daddy + verb
smilelaughcarryteachtell stories
- Daddy carried the sleepy child up the stairs.
“More examples 7
- The toddler said 'Daddy' as her first word.
छोटी बच्ची का पहला शब्द 'पापा' था।
- Radhika's little cousin waits for his daddy at the door every evening.
राधिका का छोटा चचेरा भाई हर शाम दरवाज़े पर अपने पापा की प्रतीक्षा करता है।
- Daddy brought a big red balloon for me.
पापा मेरे लिए एक बड़ा लाल गुब्बारा लाए।
- The boy drew a picture of his daddy with a big smile.
लड़के ने अपने पापा का बड़ी मुस्कान वाला चित्र बनाया।
- Daddy is reading me a bedtime story tonight.
पापा आज रात मुझे सोने से पहले की कहानी पढ़कर सुना रहे हैं।
- When Daddy came home, the children ran to the door.
जब पापा घर आए, तो बच्चे दरवाज़े की ओर दौड़े।
- Daddy has promised to take us to the fair on Sunday.
पापा ने रविवार को हमें मेला दिखाने ले जाने का वादा किया है।
!Common mistakes 1
✗ My daddy he is a doctor.
✓ My daddy is a doctor.
The subject is already stated; do not repeat it with he.
Subject पहले ही बताया जा चुका है; उसे 'he' से दोबारा न दोहराएँ।