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Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish طیاق (dayak, “a prop, support, pier or beating with a stick”),[1] from Ottoman Turkish طیامق (dayamak, “to prop up, to support”), from Proto-Turkic *taya- (“to prop, to lean”),[2][3] morphologically dayak + -k.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /daˈjak/
- Hyphenation: da‧jak
Noun
dayak (definite accusative dayağı, plural dayaklar)
- Beating an animal or a human being; battering, whacking.
- Synonyms: patak, kötek, sopa
- (uncommon) A wooden or metal support to prevent something from collapsing; a prop, sleeper.
- Synonyms: destek, payanda
Declension
Derived terms
References
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “طیاق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1266
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*daja-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “dayak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
- “dayak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu