adda

American  

[uh-dah, a-dah] / ˈʌ dɑ, ˈæ dɑ /

noun

addas plural

1. (in South Asia, especially Bengal)

   1. an informal social gathering centered around conversation.

   2. a lively, informal conversation.

   3. a place to meet, especially for conversation or illicit drinking.

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• addas
  plural

Example Sentences

Some of Bengal’s favorite icons would hold adda at the Coffee House, from the legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray to Amartya Sen, who won the Nobel in economic science.

From New York Times • Nov. 26, 2021

“And when you think about adda you think about adda integrally tied to the space of adda — you talk about the Coffee House adda, the Favorite Cabin adda.”

From New York Times • Nov. 26, 2021

Baker’s book is itself not unlike the Calcutta adda.

From New York Times • Sep. 7, 2018

Trí ata mesa do ḟlaith: lén, brath, míairle. adda H1 ada N 244.

From The Triads of Ireland by Meyer, Kuno

Adda maysa nga ubing nga adda idiay danum ngem di met uminom.

From A Little Book of Filipino Riddles by Starr, Frederick