दादी (daadii)
noun
दादी (daadii) is the everyday word for one's paternal grandmother -- one sense, high frequency, central to family vocabulary.
Sense
1
:
paternal grandmother
noun, feminine
Synonyms: नानी (naanii, maternal grandmother, not interchangeable), दादी माँ (daadii maan, affectionate/respectful form)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: In most North Indian households, दादी (daadii) traditionally lives with the family (the son's household), which is why she's often the household's senior authority on recipes, rituals, and old stories -- distinct from नानी (naanii), who is visited on the mother's side. Kids often address her directly as दादी (daadii) or the warmer दादी माँ (daadii maan), much like calling out 'Grandma!' in English.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often use दादी (daadii) for any grandmother, but Hindi distinguishes the father's mother (दादी, daadii) from the mother's mother (नानी, naanii) -- these are never interchangeable. 2) दादा (daadaa) is the corresponding paternal grandfather; mixing up दादा/नानी or दादी/नाना (naanaa) is a common learner slip since English has no such split.
Sample Sentences:
मेरी दादी हर सुबह चार बजे उठती हैं।
My grandmother wakes up at four every morning.
(merii daadii har subah chaar baje uthtii hain।)
दादी माँ, मुझे वो कहानी फिर से सुनाओ ना।
Grandma, tell me that story again, please.
(daadii maan, mujhe vo kahaanii phir se sunaao naa।)
दादी रसोई में अचार बना रही हैं।
Grandmother is making pickle in the kitchen.
(daadii rasoii men achaar banaa rahii hain।)
पिछली सर्दियों में दादी ने मुझे स्वेटर बुनकर दिया था।
Last winter, grandmother knitted a sweater for me.
(pichhlii sardiyon men daadii ne mujhe svetar bunkar diyaa thaa।)
अगर दादी घर पर होतीं, तो त्योहार पर इतना सन्नाटा न होता।
If grandmother had been home, there wouldn't have been such silence during the festival.
(agar daadii ghar par hotiin, to tyohaar par itnaa sannaataa n hotaa।)
दादी का सारा ज्ञान पुरानी रस्मों और नुस्खों में छिपा है।
Grandmother's entire wisdom is hidden in old rituals and remedies.
(daadii kaa saaraa gyaan puraanii rasmon aur nuskhon men chhipaa hai।)
क्या तुम्हारी दादी अभी भी गाँव में रहती हैं या शहर आ गई हैं?
Does your grandmother still live in the village, or has she moved to the city?
(kyaa tumhaarii daadii abhii bhii gaanv men rahtii hain yaa shahar aa gaii hain?)
दादी के हाथ की बनी खीर का स्वाद कोई नहीं भूल सकता।
No one can forget the taste of the kheer made by grandmother's hands.
(daadii ke haath kii banii khiir kaa svaad koii nahiin bhool saktaa।)
शायद दादी को यह बात पहले से पता हो।
Perhaps grandmother already knows about this matter.
(shaayad daadii ko yah baat pahle se pataa ho।)
बचपन में दादी की गोद में बैठकर हम सब कहानियाँ सुनते थे।
In childhood, we would all sit in grandmother's lap and listen to stories.
(bachpan men daadii kii god men baithkar ham sab kahaaniyaan sunte the।)
दादी अपने कमरे में चुपचाप बैठी हैं।
Grandmother is sitting quietly in her room.
(daadii apne kamre men chupchaap baithii hain।)
Morphology
Noun
(sg.f.direct):
दादी
(daadii)
(sg.f.oblique):
दादी
(daadii)
(pl.f.direct):
दादियाँ
(daadiyaan)
(pl.f.oblique):
दादियों
(daadiyon)