# gada
## English
### Etymology

From Sanskrit गदा (gadā) or Hindi गदा (gadā).

### Noun

gada (plural gadas)
* (rare) A blunt mace, originally from India and also common in Southeast Asia.

### Anagrams

* agad

## Atong (India)
### Etymology

From Assamese গাধা (gadha) or Bengali গাধা (gadha), from Sanskrit गर्दभ (gardabha).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡada/

### Noun

gada (Bengali script গাদা)
* donkey

### References

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

## Garo
### Etymology

From Assamese গাধা (gadha). Cognate with Atong (India) gada.

### Noun

gada
* donkey

## Hausa
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡá.dàː/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [ɡə́.dàː]

#### Noun

gadā̀ f (plural gadōdī, possessed form gadàr̃)
* bridge

### Etymology 2

Cognate with Ngizim gadùwà.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡà.dáː/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [ɡə̀.dáː]

#### Noun

gàdā f (plural gàdā, possessed form gàdar̃)
* crested duiker
* (figuratively) One who is interested in or ostentatiously showing off something.

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Malay gada (“mace”), from Sanskrit गदा (gadā, “mace”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡada/
* Hyphenation: ga‧da

### Noun

gada
* mace:
** a heavy fighting club
** a ceremonial form of this weapon
    Synonym: cokmar

#### Derived terms

* menggada
* penggada

### Further reading

* “gada” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡad̪ˠə/

### Noun

gada
* genitive singular of goid

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Japanese
### Romanization

gada
* Rōmaji transcription of がだ

## Latvian
### Noun

gada m
* genitive singular of gads

## Lower Sorbian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡada/

### Noun

gada
* inflection of gad:
** genitive singular
** accusative singular animate
** nominative dual
** accusative dual inanimate

## Nigerian Pidgin
### Etymology

From English gather.

### Verb

gada
* to gather
** 2024, “Timeline of Rwanda genocide 30 years later”, in BBC News Pidgin‎:President Paul Kagame tok dis one as e address dignitaries and world leaders wey gada for Rwanda capital, Kigali, to remember di bloodshed.President Paul Kagame said this while addressing dignitaries and world leaders who gathered in Rwanda's capital, Kigali, to commemorate the bloodshed.

## Phuthi
### Etymology

Borrowed from English guard.

### Verb

-gada
* to guard

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡa.da/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ada
* Syllabification: ga‧da

### Noun

gada m animal or m pers
* genitive/accusative singular of gad

### Verb

gada
* third-person singular present of gadać

## Serbo-Croatian
### Noun

gada (Cyrillic spelling гада)
* genitive/accusative singular of gad

## Southern Ndebele
### Etymology

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### Verb

-gada$^?$
* to watch

#### Inflection

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## Sumerian
### Romanization

gada
* Romanization of 𒃰 (gada)

## Zulu
### Etymology

Borrowed from English guard.

### Verb

-gada
* (transitive) to guard
* (transitive) to escort
* (intransitive) to patrol

#### Inflection
### References

* C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “gada”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “gada (6.3)”