damak

See also: dámák

Hiligaynon

Adjective

damák

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

Pangutaran Sama

Noun

damak

  1. gift; present

Tagalog

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: da‧mak
  • IPA(key): /daˈmak/, [dɐˈmak]

Noun

damák

  1. breadth of one's palm; hand breath
  2. unit of measure equal to the width of one's palm
    Synonym: dapal

See also

Adjective

damák

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

Turkish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dɑˈmɑk/
  • 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 at Türk Dil Kurumu
  5. Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “damak”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1090
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