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3 letters words from 'dak'

DAK 8 

2 letters words from 'dak'

AD 3DA 3
KA 6 

All 3 letters words made out of dak

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Definitions and meaning of dak

dak

Alternative forms

  • dawk (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani डाक / ڈاک‎ (ḍāk).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /dɑːk/, /dɔːk/

Noun

dak (plural daks)

  1. (South Asia) A post system by means of transport relays of horses stationed at intervals along a route or network, carrying mail and passengers.

Derived terms

  • dak bungalow

Anagrams

  • DKA

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch dak, from Old Dutch *thak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką, from Proto-Indo-European *teg-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dak/

Noun

dak (plural dakke, diminutive dakkie)

  1. roof

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *dauka, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰew-, further related to Lithuanian dvékti (“to breathe”), dvākas (“breath”). Related to dash.

Noun

dak m (indefinite plural daqe, definite singular daku, definite plural daqet)

  1. big ram

Related terms

  • dash

References

Central Nicobarese

Noun

dak

  1. water

References

  • Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (2002), page 80: In Car-Nicobarese mak. Central Nic. dak, Chowra rak, 'water', […]
  • Heinz-Jürgen Pinnow, The Position of the Munda Languages within the Austroasiatic Language Family (1963), page 149: Nancowry daak

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch dac, from Old Dutch thak, from Proto-West Germanic *þak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką, from Proto-Indo-European *teg-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɑk/
  • Hyphenation: dak
  • Rhymes: -ɑk

Noun

dak n (plural daken, diminutive dakje n or daakje n)

  1. roof

Derived terms

Related terms

  • dekken

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: dak
  • Negerhollands: dak
  • → Indonesian: dak
  • → Papiamentu: dak
  • → Sranan Tongo: daki

Eastern Mnong

Etymology

From Proto-Bahnaric /*ɗaːk/, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɗaak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /daːk/

Noun

dak

  1. water
  2. lake

Derived terms

  • dak Lak (“Lak Lake”)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch dak (“roof”), from Middle Dutch dac, from Old Dutch thak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką, from Proto-Indo-European *teg-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdak]
  • Hyphenation: dak

Noun

dak (first-person possessive dakku, second-person possessive dakmu, third-person possessive daknya)

  1. (engineering) roof, the top external level of a building.

Further reading

  • “dak” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Kharia

Etymology

For Munda cognates, see Mundari दाः (dāḥ).

Noun

dak

  1. water

References

  • Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (2002), page 80

Korwa

Etymology

For Munda cognates, see Mundari दाः (dāḥ).

Noun

dak

  1. water

References

  • Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (2002), page 80

Malay

Etymology

Cognate with tidak, tak, from Proto-Malayic *daʔ (compare Indonesian tidak), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *diaq.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /daʔ/
  • Rhymes: -daʔ, -aʔ

Adverb

dak

  1. (informal) not (negates meaning of verb)
    Saya dak mahu makan.
    I don't want to eat.
  2. (informal) not (To no degree)
    Buku itu dak mahal.
    That book is not expensive.

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic ذَاكَ‎ (ḏāka).

Determiner

dak (feminine dik, plural dawk)

  1. that

Marshallese

Etymology

Borrowed from English duck, from Middle English doke, ducke, dukke, dokke, douke, duke, from Old English duce, dūce (“duck”, literally “dipper, diver, ducker”), from Old English *dūcan (“to dip, dive, duck”), from Proto-Germanic *dūkaną (“to dive, bend down”).

Pronunciation

  • (phonetic) IPA(key): [rʲɑk]
  • (phonemic) IPA(key): /rʲæk/
  • Bender phonemes: {dak}

Noun

dak

  1. a duck

References

  • Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Semai

Etymology

From Proto-Aslian [Term?], from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɗak (“trap; to trap”).

Noun

dak

  1. trap

References

Semelai

Etymology

From Proto-Aslian [Term?], from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɗaak (“water, liquid”).

Noun

dak

  1. water

References

  • Nicole Kruspe, A Grammar of Semelai (2004)

Wutunhua

Etymology

Borrowed from Tibetan སྟག (stag).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tɐx]

Noun

dak

  1. tiger

References

  • Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun‎[1], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN

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  • the mail-post in India.
    (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)