దాక
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.