dabba
/ˈdʌb.ə/noun
dabba is spelled D-A-B-B-A: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 107,757th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dabba means “A kind of lunchbox or food container” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dabba is dabbas.
How many letters and syllables are in dabba?
| Letters | 5: D-A-B-B-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 107,757th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is dabba?
Dabba appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 107,757th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce dabba?
- /ɖəb.bɑ/
- /ɖɪb.bɑ/
- UK /ˈdʌb.ə/
As a noun (“del, the partial difference symbol ∂”): /ˈdæbə/.
Dabba has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-dabba.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of dabba
- dabbas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dabba mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
IndiaA kind of lunchbox or food container.
- 2
del, the partial difference symbol ∂
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does dabba come from?
From Hindi डब्बा (ḍabbā, “box, container”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).