దాక

Telugu

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d̪aːka/

Etymology 1

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Noun

దాక • (dāka) ? (plural దాకలు)

  1. a pot with a wide mouth

Etymology 2

Corruption of ద్రాక్ష (drākṣa).

Noun

దాక • (dāka) ? (plural దాకలు)

  1. a vine

Etymology 3

Inherited from Old Telugu తనుక (tanuka​). Related to Tamil தனை (taṉai, “particle denoting quantity and time-limit”), Malayalam തന (tana​, “measure”), Kannada ತನಕ (tanaka​, “until, as far as”).[1]

Alternative forms

Adverb

దాక • (dāka)

  1. until, as long as, about
    ఎందాక ― endāka ― how long
  2. as far as, as much as, to the extent of
Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “3147”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 274.
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