దాక
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Telugu[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Corruption of ద్రాక్ష (drākṣa).
Noun[edit]
- a vine
Etymology 3[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Related to దనుక (danuka, “until”), Tamil தனை (taṉai, “particle denoting quantity and time-limit”), Malayalam തന (tana, “measure”), Kannada ತನಕ (tanaka, “until, as far as”).[1]
Alternative forms[edit]
- దాకా (dākā)
Adverb[edit]
దాక • (dāka)
- until, as long as, about
- ఎందాక ― endāka ― how long
- as far as, as much as, to the extent of
Synonyms[edit]
- దనుక (danuka)
References[edit]
- "దాక" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 585
- ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 3147, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 274.