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Dak

Dak

(da̤k or däk)
,
Noun.
[Hind.
ḍāk
.]
Post; mail; also, the mail or postal arrangements; – spelt also
dawk
, and
dauk
.
[India]

Definition 2024


Dak

Dak

See also: dak, daK, and ɗák

Plautdietsch

Noun

Dak n (plural Däakja)

  1. roof

Derived terms

  • Dakfensta (dormer)
  • Dakran (eaves trough)
  • Dakspoa (rafter)
  • Dakstow (garret)
  • Husdak (roof of house)

See also

dak

dak

See also: Dak, daK, đak, and ɗák

English

Alternative forms

Noun

dak (plural daks)

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

Derived terms

Anagrams


Afrikaans

Etymology

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

Noun

dak (plural dakke)

  1. roof

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *dauka, from Proto-Indo-European *dheu, further related to Lithuanian dvékti (to breathe), dvākas (breath). Related to dash[1].

Noun

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

  1. big ram
Related terms

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998), dak”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 54

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

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɑk
  • IPA(key): /dɑk/

Etymology

From Old Dutch *thak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką, from Proto-Indo-European *teg-. Compare Low German Dack, West Frisian dak, German Dach, English thack, thatch, Danish tag.

Noun

dak n (plural daken, diminutive dakje n)

  1. roof

Derived terms

Related terms


Eastern Mnong

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /daːk/

Noun

dak

  1. water
  2. lake

Derived terms


Kharia

Etymology

For Munda cognates, see Mundari दाः.

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.

Noun

dak

  1. water

References

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

Lojban

Rafsi

dak

  1. rafsi of dakfu.

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. not (negates meaning of verb)
    Saya dak mahu makan.
    I don't want to eat.
  2. 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

Semelai

Noun

dak

  1. water

References

Nicole Kruspe, A Grammar of Semelai (2004)