Talk:dam

Dam as reservoir

"A dam is often an essential source of water to farmers of hilly country.‎" Whrong sample, no? In standard English, a reservoir would be the source. A dam makes it up T6nis (talk) 08:43, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

• Well, a dam can be just a small obstacle placed across a stream, and can itself incorporate a device to extract water for irrigation. SemperBlotto (talk) 08:48, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

See Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dam_(agricultural_reservoir)

In certain varieties of English the word "dam" has this meaning -- not a structure blocking a stream. As for "standard English", who are you kidding? There is lots of regional variation in English usage (British vs North American, etc.), which should be taken account of. Bathrobe (talk) 12:05, 9 September 2022 (UTC)

We seem to have that already (senses 2 and 4). Are they totally distinct, BTW? Equinox ◑ 12:21, 9 September 2022 (UTC)

Yes, the sense of "dam" not blocking a stream is covered by 4., at least. And they are not totally distinct, but 4. does appear to be anomalous to some editors. 66.181.180.117 03:47, 5 October 2022 (UTC)

Turkish etymology sense "cowshed"

Romanian entry mentions it.
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دام‎ (dam), from Old Turkic [script needed] (tam), from Proto-Turkic *tām. Flāvidus (talk) 07:16, 19 January 2024 (UTC)