# doba
## Atong (India)
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Noun

doba
* mud

### References

* van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

## Czech
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *doba (“time”) probably comes from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₂ebʰ- (“appropriate”), which is also connected with Lithuanian dabà (“nature, character”) and dabar̃ (“now”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (gadaban, “be appropriate”), so it is possible that originally it meant "appropriate time" which later changed just into "time".

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdoba]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -oba
* Hyphenation: do‧ba

### Noun

doba f
* age (particular period of time in history)
    napřed své doby ― ahead of one's time
* time, period
    po nějaké době ― after a while
    Za celou dobu jsem nikdy nic neprodala! ― I never sold anything the whole time I was there.
* (music) beat

#### Derived terms

* dlouhodobý
* doba bronzová f
* doba kamenná f
* doba ledová f
* dobový
* krátkodobý
* období
* zkušební doba f

### References

* ↑ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “doba”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 151

### Further reading

* “doba”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “doba”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “doba”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Galician
### Verb

doba
* inflection of dobar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Kashubian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *doba (“time”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdɔ.ba/
* Rhymes: -ɔba
* Syllabification: do‧ba

### Noun

doba f
* day (full 24 hours), nychthemeron

### Further reading

* Stefan Ramułt (1993) [1893] “doba”, in Jerzy Trepczyk, editor, Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), 3 edition
* Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “doba”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎
* “doba”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

## Latvian
### Adjective

doba
* inflection of dobs:
** genitive singular masculine
** nominative singular feminine

## Polish
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *doba.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdɔ.ba/
* Audio 1:(file)
* Audio 2:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔba
* Syllabification: do‧ba
* Homophone: Doba

### Noun

doba f (related adjective dobowy)
* day (full 24 hours), nychthemeron
* age, era, period

#### Related terms

* dobowo

### Further reading

* doba in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* doba in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *doba (“time”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dôːba/
* Hyphenation: do‧ba

### Noun

dȏba n (Cyrillic spelling до̑ба)
* time
* age, epoch, era
    U doba dinosaura nije bilo puno sisavaca. ― In the age of dinosaurs, there weren't many mammals.
* season (division of the year in regards to weather)
    Zima je najhladnije godišnje doba. ― Winter is the coldest season.

#### See also

* čas
* dob
* godišnja doba
* godišnje doba
* ledeno doba
* kameno doba

### Further reading

* “doba”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
* “doba”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Slovene
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *doba.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɔ̀ːba/

#### Noun

dóba f
* period
* age
    ledena doba - ice age

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

dóba
* inflection of dọ̑b:
** genitive singular
** nominative/accusative dual

### Further reading

* “doba”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
* “doba”, in Termania, Amebis
* See also the general references

## Venda
### Verb

doba
* to pick up

## Zulu
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dóba (“to fish”). The expected reflex is loba, but this can be explained as analogy with udobo/izindobo.

### Verb

-dôba
* to fish

#### Derived terms

* udobo

#### Related terms

* -loba

### References

* C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “doɓa”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “doɓa (6-3.9)”