dama

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See also: Dama, dáma, Dáma, damá, damà, dàmá, Dàmǎ, dāma, dāmā, dâma, dàmā, dǎmǎ, damă, damą, də́ma, ɗama, damaʼ, and dama-

English

Etymology

Compare Turkish dama, Northern Kurdish دامە (dame). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

dama (uncountable)

  1. The game of Turkish draughts.

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Anagrams

Asturian

Noun

dama f (plural dames)

  1. (chess) queen

See also

Chess pieces in Asturian · pieces d'axedrez (layout · text)
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
rei dama, reina torre alfil caballu peón

Bambara

Etymology

Cognate with Eastern Maninkakan dàma.

Noun

dama

  1. number, quantity
  2. limit

Adverb

dama

  1. only

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French dame, from Latin domina. Doublet of dona.

Pronunciation

Noun

dama f (plural dames)

  1. lady (graceful, elegant or noble woman)
  2. (chess) queen
  3. (in the plural) checkers (US), draughts (UK)

See also

Chess pieces in Catalan · peces d'escacs (layout · text)
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
rei reina, dama torre alfil cavall peó

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish damas.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: da‧ma

Noun

dama

  1. the game of checkers
  2. (checkers) a king
  3. a demijohn

Verb

dama

  1. (checkers) to crown a king

Cornish

Noun

dama f (plural damyow)

  1. mother, dam

Synonyms

Derived terms

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French

Pronunciation

Verb

dama

  1. third-person singular past historic of damer

Anagrams

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from French dame.

Noun

dama f (plural damas)

  1. lady, dame, woman of high status
  2. (chess) queen
    Synonym: raíña

See also

Chess pieces in Galician · pezas de xadrez (layout · text)
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
rei dama, raíña torre, roque alfil cabalo peón

Garo

Etymology

From (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

dama

  1. drum

Hausa

Pronunciation

Noun

dāmā f (possessed form dāmar̃)

  1. chance, opportunity, possibility
  2. equal, something comparable
  3. improvement

References

  • Newman, Paul (2007) A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 41.

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Noun

dama f (genitive singular dömu, nominative plural dömur)

  1. lady (also used as a third person address)
    Hvað má bjóða dömunni?
    What may be offered the lady? (speaking to the lady herself)

Declension

declension of dama
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative dama daman dömur dömurnar
accusative dömu dömuna dömur dömurnar
dative dömu dömunni dömum dömunum
genitive dömu dömunnar dama damanna

Derived terms

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Anagrams

Ilocano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish damas.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: da‧ma
  • IPA(key): /ˈdama/

Noun

dama

  1. (board games) checkers (US); draughts (UK)

Derived terms

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈda.ma/
  • Rhymes: -ama
  • Hyphenation: dà‧ma

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French dame. Doublet of donna.

Noun

dama f (plural dame)

  1. lady
  2. (board games, in the singular) draughts/checkers
  3. king (in draughts/checkers)
  4. draughtboard/checkerboard
  5. queen (playing card)
Synonyms
Descendants
  • → Ottoman Turkish: دامه (dama)
    • Turkish: dama
    • → Armenian: տամա (tama)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

dama

  1. inflection of damare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

Jamamadí

Verb

dama

  1. (Banawá) to hold securely

References

Japanese

Romanization

dama

  1. Rōmaji transcription of だま
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ダマ

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish dama.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdama/
  • Syllabification: da‧ma

Noun

dama f

  1. lady
  2. weir
  3. pavement

Further reading

  • “dama”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “tama”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “dama”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎

Latin

Noun

dāma f (genitive dāmae); first declension

  1. Alternative form of damma (“fallow deer”)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dāma dāmae
Genitive dāmae dāmārum
Dative dāmae dāmīs
Accusative dāmam dāmās
Ablative dāmā dāmīs
Vocative dāma dāmae

References

  • “dama”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • dama in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

Noun

damà f (plural dãmos) stress pattern 2

  1. lady
  2. (card games) queen

Declension

Declension of damà
singular (vienaskaita) plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) damà dãmos
genitive (kilmininkas) dãmos dãmų
dative (naudininkas) dãmai dãmoms
accusative (galininkas) dãmą damàs
instrumental (įnagininkas) damà dãmomis
locative (vietininkas) dãmoje dãmose
vocative (šauksmininkas) dãma dãmos

See also

References

  1. ^ “dama” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN

Anagrams

Maranao

Etymology

From Spanish damas.

Noun

dama

  1. checkers, draughts

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

dama m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of dame

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

dama f (definite singular dama, indefinite plural damer or damor, definite plural damene or damone)

  1. definite singular of dame
  2. (pre-2012) alternative form of dame

Old Irish

Pronunciation

Verb

·dama

  1. third-person singular present subjunctive conjunct of daimid

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
·dama ·dama
pronounced with /-ð(ʲ)-/ 		·ndama
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Polish

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Etymology

Borrowed from French dame, Old French dame, from Late Latin domna, shortened variant of Latin domina. Doublet of domina.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈda.ma/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ama
  • Syllabification: da‧ma

Noun

dama f

  1. lady
    Synonyms: białogłowa, facetka, kobiałka, kobieta, niewiasta
  2. (card games) queen
    dama karo ― queen of diamonds
    dama kier ― queen of hearts
    dama pik ― queen of spades
    dama trefl ― queen of clubs
  3. (chess, colloquial) queen (chess piece)
    Synonyms: hetman, królowa, królówka

Declension

Declension of dama
singular plural
nominative dama damy
genitive damy dam
dative damie damom
accusative damę damy
instrumental damą damami
locative damie damach
vocative damo damy

Derived terms

noun

See also

Chess pieces in Polish · bierki szachowe (layout · text)
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
król hetman, królowa, królówka, dama wieża goniec, laufer, giermek skoczek, koń, konik pion, pionek

Further reading

  • dama in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • dama in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

dama

Etymology

Borrowed from French dame, from Latin domina. Doublet of dona.

Pronunciation

 
 

Noun

dama f (plural damas)

  1. lady
  2. (chess) queen
  3. (card games) queen

See also

Chess pieces in Portuguese · peças de xadrez (layout · text)
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
rei rainha, dama torre bispo cavalo peão
Playing cards in Portuguese · cartas de baralho (layout · text)
ás dois, duque três, terno quatro, quadra cinco, quina seis, sena sete, bisca, manilha
oito nove dez valete dama rei jóquer, curinga

References

  1. ^ “dama” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
  2. ^ “dama” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.

Romanian

Pronunciation

Noun

dama f

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of damă

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dǎːma/
  • Hyphenation: da‧ma

Noun

dáma f (Cyrillic spelling да́ма)

  1. lady
  2. (chess, card games) queen

Declension

Declension of dama
singular plural
nominative dama dame
genitive dame dama
dative dami damama
accusative damu dame
vocative damo dame
locative dami damama
instrumental damom damama

See also

Chess pieces in Serbo-Croatian · šahovske figure / шаховске фигуре (layout · text)
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
kralj
краљ 		dama, kraljica
дама, краљица 		top, kula
топ, кула 		lovac, trkač, laufer
ловац, тркач, лауфер 		skakač, konj
скакач, коњ 		pješak, pešak, pion, pijun
пјешак, пешак, пион, пијун
Playing cards in Serbo-Croatian · igraće karte (layout · text)
as, kec dvojka, dvica trojka, trica četvorka, četvrtica petica šestica sedmica
osmica devetka, devetica desetka, desetica dečko, pub, žandar, fant kraljica, dama kralj džoker

Slovene

Pronunciation

Noun

dáma f

  1. lady
  2. (chess) queen
  3. (card games) queen

Inflection

 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. dáma
gen. sing. dáme
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		dáma dámi dáme
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		dáme dám dám
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		dámi dámama dámam
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		dámo dámi dáme
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		dámi dámah dámah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		dámo dámama dámami

See also

Playing cards in Slovene · igralne karte (layout · text)
as, enka dvojka trojka štirka, štirica petka, petica šestka, šestica sedemka, sedmica
osmica devetka, devetica desetka, desetica fant kraljica, dama kralj joker

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French dame, from Latin domina. Doublet of dueña.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdama/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ama
  • Syllabification: da‧ma

Noun

dama f (plural damas, masculine caballero, masculine plural caballeros)

  1. lady, dame
    Synonyms: señora, ama
  2. (Mexico) a female member of the court of honor at a quinceañera
    Coordinate term: chambelán
  3. (chess) queen
    Synonym: reina
  4. (checkers) king
    Synonym: reina

Derived terms

See also

Chess pieces in Spanish · piezas de ajedrez (layout · text)
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
rey dama, reina torre, roque alfil caballo peón

Further reading

Anagrams

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese damas.

Pronunciation

Noun

dama (n class, no plural)

  1. draughts, checkers

Synonyms

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Compare Malay jamah.

Pronunciation

Noun

damá (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜋ)

  1. feeling; perception
    Synonyms: damdam, pakiramdam
  2. opinion about something
    Synonyms: kuro, kuro-kuro, palagay

Adjective

damá (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜋ)

  1. felt; perceived
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish damas.

Pronunciation

Noun

dama (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜋ)

  1. checkers; draughts
  2. (checkers) king
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Spanish dama (“lady, dame”).

Pronunciation

Noun

dama (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜋ)

  1. maid of honor; lady-in-waiting
    Synonym: abay
Derived terms

Further reading

  • “dama”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Uneapa

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *dramaʀ (“light, torch”), variant of *ramaʀ with irregular loss of *ʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *damaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *damaʀ.

Pronunciation

Noun

dama

  1. light

Further reading

  • Terry Crowley et al, The Oceanic Languages (2013), page 380
  • Johnston, R.L. 1982. "Proto-Kimbe and the New Guinea Oceanic hypothesis". In Halim, A., Carrington, L. and Wurm, S.A. editors. Papers from the Third International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Vol. 1: Currents in Oceanic, 59-95.

West Makian

Pronunciation

Noun

dama

  1. forest

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

Ye'kwana

Pronunciation

Noun

dama

  1. ocean, sea

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “dama”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “dama”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University
  • Hall, Katherine (2007) “dama”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series‎, Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021
  • de Civrieux, Marc (1980) “dama”, in  David M. Guss, transl., Watunna: An Orinoco Creation Cycle, San Francisco: North Point Press, →ISBN
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