dobi

Albanian

Etymology

Back formation of Old Gheg verb dobit ("to win, to succeed, to defeat"), borrowed from Serbo-Croatian dobiti ("to win, to take; to catch").

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔˈbi/
• Rhymes: -bi
• Hyphenation: do‧bí

Noun

dobi f (plural dobi, definite dobia, definite plural dobitë)

1. benefit, profit, usefulness, advantage, utility

   Synonyms: fryt, përfitim, avantazh

2. (obsolete, Gheg) victory

Declension

Declension of dobi

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	dobi	dobi	dobia	dobitë
accusative			dobinë
dative	dobie	dobive	dobisë	dobive
ablative		dobish

Derived terms

• dobidhënës
• dobiprurës
• dobis
• dobishëm
• dobishme
• dobishmëri
• dobitem

 

Further reading

• “dobi”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980
• “dobi”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “dobí”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 78

Latvian

Adjective

dobi

1. nominative plural masculine of dobs

Adverb

dobi

1. hollow, hollowly; adverbial form of dobs

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi धोबी (dhobī).

Noun

dobi (plural dobi-dobi, informal 1st possessive dobiku, 2nd possessive dobimu, 3rd possessive dobinya)

1. laundryman

   Synonyms: tukang dobi, benatu, penatu, (classical) benara

2. (colloquial) laundromat

Adjective

dobi

1. of laundering

Derived terms

Affixed terms

• berdobi
• mendobi
• mendobikan

 

Compound terms

• kedai dobi
• perkakas dobi

 

Further reading

• “dobi” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

dobi (Cyrillic spelling доби)

1. second/third-person singular aorist past of dobiti

Slovene

Noun

dóbi

1. nominative/instrumental plural of dọ̑b

Noun

dôbi

1. inflection of dóba:
   1. dative/locative singular
   2. nominative/accusative dual

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi धोबी (dhobī).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Noun

dobi (ma class, plural madobi)

1. laundryman or washerman, or laundrywoman or washerwoman

Derived terms

• udobi