धब्बा

From Prakrit *धब्ब (dhabba, “spot”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-) without cluster simplification, of unknown substrate origin. Cognate to Punjabi ਧੱਬਾ (dhabbā), Gujarati ધાબું (dhābũ), Nepali धब्बो (dhabbo).

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱəb.bɑː/, [d̪ʱɐb̚.bäː]

धब्बा • (dhabbā) m (Urdu spelling دھبا)

1. stain, blemish

   Synonym: दाग़ (dāġ)

2. (figuratively) disgrace, slander

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “धब्बा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “ḍabba”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press