Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

datta

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.42 in modern English

Syllables
dat-ta
IPA
6
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Bengali.

Etymology

Borrowed from Bengali দত্ত (dotto), from Sanskrit दत्त (datta, “given, granted”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: দত্ত, दत्त

Inflected Forms

Dattas (plural)

Questions

What does datta mean?
A surname from Bengali.
Where does datta come from?
It is traced to Sanskrit.

How to pronounce datta

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