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Mauritian Creole
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Hindi दुःख (duḥkh), from Sanskrit दुःख (duḥkha).
Noun
douk
- distress
Middle English
Noun
douk
- Alternative form of duk (“duke”)
Scots
Verb
douk (third-person singular simple present douks, present participle doukin, simple past doukt, past participle doukt)
- (intransitive) to duck
- (transitive) to dunk, baptise