daraka
Swahili edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic دَرَك (darak).
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun edit
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish درقه (daraka), itself from Arabic دَرَقَة (daraqa).
Noun edit
daraka (definite accusative darakayı, plural darakalar)
- shield made of hide or leather
- (anatomy) thyroid cartilage
Declension edit
Further reading edit
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “daraka”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1104