dhaba
/ˈdɑːbə/noun
उच्चारण डाब
ढाबा
Basic word
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[C] Indian English
a simple roadside restaurant, especially one on a highway, serving cheap local food
ढाबा
- The truck drivers stopped at a dhaba for parathas and tea.
- We had dal and rotis at a dhaba on the way to Shimla.
- We stopped at a dhaba for hot chai and samosas.
+ 2 more examples
- The dhaba on the highway is open all night.
- Their food at the dhaba is simple, but delicious.
Synonyms eating house roadside restaurant cafe
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
a dhaba (countable noun)
Dhaba is a countable noun borrowed from Hindi and Punjabi. The plural is dhabas.
'Dhaba' हिंदी और पंजाबी से आया countable noun है। इसका plural 'dhabas' है।
- We stopped at a dhaba near Ambala for lunch.
- Highway dhabas are open all night.
at / in a dhaba
Use at a dhaba when it is a stopping place on a road, and in a dhaba for sitting inside it.
सड़क पर रुकने के स्थान के रूप में 'at a dhaba' और उसके भीतर बैठने के लिए 'in a dhaba' आता है।
- The truck drivers ate at a dhaba on the highway.
- We sat in the dhaba on a charpoy.
dhaba-style (adjective)
The compound dhaba-style describes food or cooking in the rustic roadside manner, such as dhaba-style dal.
Compound 'dhaba-style' देहाती ढाबे जैसे भोजन या पकाने के ढंग का वर्णन करता है, जैसे dhaba-style dal।
- Radhika ordered dhaba-style dal with tandoori roti.
dhaba as a loan word
As a foreign word in English, dhaba is often written in italics in formal texts, but in India it is now common without italics.
अंग्रेज़ी में विदेशी शब्द के रूप में 'dhaba' औपचारिक पाठों में प्रायः italics में लिखा जाता है, पर भारत में अब यह बिना italics के आम है।
- The writer described the smell of a dhaba kitchen.
dhaba vs restaurant
A dhaba is a simple roadside eating place, usually cheaper and less formal than a restaurant. It often has cots to sit on.
ढाबा सड़क किनारे का सादा भोजनालय है, जो प्रायः रेस्तराँ से सस्ता और कम औपचारिक होता है। वहाँ बैठने के लिए अक्सर खाटें होती हैं।
- We preferred the dhaba to the expensive hotel restaurant.
+Collocations 5
adjective + dhaba
roadsidehighwayfamousPunjabipopular
- The highway dhaba was crowded with travellers.
verb + dhaba
stop ateat atrunownvisit
- His uncle runs a dhaba near the toll plaza.
dhaba + food
dalparathatandoori rotilassichai
- The dhaba served hot parathas with butter.
dhaba + noun
ownerfoodmenucookcharpoy
- The dhaba owner knew most of the regular drivers.
dhaba + location
on the highwaynear the toll plazaby the roadsideoutside the townnear the petrol pump
- There is a famous dhaba near the toll plaza.
“More examples 5
- On the way to Chandigarh, we stopped at a dhaba for tea and parathas.
चंडीगढ़ जाते समय हम चाय और पराठों के लिए एक ढाबे पर रुके।
- The dhaba on the highway never closes, even at midnight.
हाईवे का ढाबा आधी रात को भी बंद नहीं होता।
- Many truck drivers depend on dhabas for cheap and filling meals.
कई ट्रक चालक सस्ते और पेट भरने वाले भोजन के लिए ढाबों पर निर्भर रहते हैं।
- Radhika's father still remembers the taste of dal at the old dhaba near the school.
राधिका के पिता को स्कूल के पास पुराने ढाबे की दाल का स्वाद आज भी याद है।
- A new restaurant in the city is designed to look like a village dhaba.
शहर का एक नया रेस्तराँ गाँव के ढाबे जैसा दिखने के लिए बनाया गया है।