damak

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See also: dámák

Hiligaynon

Adjective

damák

  1. dirty, slovenly, untidy
  2. (derogatory) sluttish

Pangutaran Sama

Noun

damak

  1. gift; present

Tagalog

Pronunciation

Noun

damák (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜋᜃ᜔)

  1. breadth of one's palm; handbreadth
  2. unit of measure equal to the width of one's palm
    Synonyms: dapal, (obsolete) tipa

See also

Adjective

damák (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜋᜃ᜔)

  1. open-handed; generous; liberal
    Synonym: bukas ang palad

Anagrams

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish طاماق (tamak, damak),[1] from Common Turkic *tamgak (throat).[2][3] Cognate with Azerbaijani damaq, Old Uyghur (tamɣaq), Karakhanid (tamğak), Kipchak (tamaq).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /daˈmak/
  • Hyphenation: da‧mak

Noun

damak[4][5]

  1. (anatomy) palate

References

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تمق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 593
  2. ^ Sevortjan, E. V. (1980) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume 3, Moscow: Nauka, pages 140-142
  3. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “tamğak”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 505
  4. ^ damak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
  5. ^ Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “damak”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1090