dabba : [adj.] wise; able. (nt.) timber; wealth; substance.
Dabba1 (adj. -- n.) [Sk. dravya, nt. to dravati (dru)] (a) fit for, able, worthy, good, S i.187=Th 1, 1218, cp. Pss. of the Brethren, 399, n. 4 (=Sk. bhavya, cp. Pāṇini v.3, 104 dravyaŋ ca bhavyaḥ). -- (b) material, substance, property; something substantial, a worthy object Pgdp 14.
-- jātika of good material, fit for, able M i.114; A i.254 (cp. Sk. pātrabhūta); Vism 196. -- saŋhāra collecting something substantial PvA 114 (should prob. be read sambhāra). -- sambhāra the collection of something substantial or worth collecting,; a gift worth giving J iv.311; v.48; vi.427; DhA i.321; ii.114.
Dabba2 (adj. -- n.) [Sk. dravya, of dru wood, see dāru] tree- like, wooden; a tree, shrub, wood J i.108 (d. -- tiṇagaccha a jungle of wood & grass); v.46 (d. -- gahana a thicket of shrubs & trees); Vism 353 (˚tiṇa).