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Hiligaynon
Adjective
damák
- dirty, slovenly, untidy
- (derogatory) sluttish
Pangutaran Sama
Noun
damak
- gift; present
Tagalog
Pronunciation
Noun
damák (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜋᜃ᜔)
- breadth of one's palm; handbreadth
- unit of measure equal to the width of one's palm
- Synonyms: dapal, (obsolete) tipa
See also
Adjective
damák (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜋᜃ᜔)
- 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]
- (anatomy) palate
References
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تمق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 593
- ^ Sevortjan, E. V. (1980) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume 3, Moscow: Nauka, pages 140-142
- ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “tamğak”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 505
- ^ “damak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- ^ Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “damak”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1090