Dakar

English

Etymology

Possibly from Wolof daqaar (“tamarind”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dæˈkɑː(ɹ)/, /ˈdækɑː(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /dɑˈkɑɚ/

Proper noun

Dakar

2. The capital city of Senegal.

Translations

the capital city of Senegal

• Afrikaans: Dakar
• Arabic: دَكَار (dakār)
• Armenian: Դակար (hy) (Dakar)
• Belarusian: Дака́р m (Dakár)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 達喀爾／达喀尔 (zh) (Dákè'ěr)

• Danish: Dakar
• Dutch: Dakar n
• Esperanto: Dakaro (eo)
• Farefare: Dakaaru, Andakaaru
• French: Dakar (fr) f
• Georgian: დაკარი (daḳari)
• German: Dakar (de) n
• Greek: Ντακάρ (el) (Ntakár), Ντακάρ (el) (Ntakár)
• Hebrew: דָּקָאר / דָקָר f (dakar)
• Hindi: डाकार m (ḍākār)
• Irish: Dacár m
• Japanese: ダカール (ja) (Dakāru)
• Khmer: ដាកា (km) (daakaa)
• Korean: 다카르 (Dakareu)
• Lithuanian: Dakaras m
• Maltese: Dakar
• Marathi: डाकार n (ḍākār)
• Persian: داکار (dâkâr)
• Polish: Dakar (pl) m
• Portuguese: Dacar (pt)
• Russian: Дака́р (ru) m (Dakár)
• Slovak: Dakar
• Spanish: Dakar (es)
• Thai: ดาการ์
• Turkish: Dakar
• Ukrainian: Дака́р m (Dakár)
• Urdu: ڈاکار m (ḍākār)
• Vietnamese: Đa-ca
• Wolof: ڎَكَارُ (ndakaaru)

Anagrams

• Kadar

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Dakar

1. Dakar (the capital city of Senegal)

French

Proper noun

Dakar m

1. Dakar (the capital city of Senegal)

Derived terms

• Dakarois
• dakarois

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈda.kar/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -akar
• Syllabification: Da‧kar

Proper noun

Dakar m inan (related adjective dakarski)

1. Dakar (the capital city of Senegal)

Declension

Declension of Dakar

	singular
nominative	Dakar
genitive	Dakaru
dative	Dakarowi
accusative	Dakar
instrumental	Dakarem
locative	Dakarze
vocative	Dakarze

Derived terms

nouns

• dakarczyk
• dakarka

 

References

• Dakar in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /daˈkaʁ/ [daˈkah]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /daˈkaʁ/ [daˈkah]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /daˈkaɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /daˈkaʁ/ [daˈkaχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /daˈkaɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /daˈkaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /daˈkaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /daˈka.ɾi/

Proper noun

Dakar

1. Alternative spelling of Dacar

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdakar]

Proper noun

Dakar m inan (genitive singular Dakaru, declension pattern of dub)

1. Dakar (the capital of Senegal)

References

• “Dakar”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daˈkaɾ/ [d̪aˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: Da‧kar

Proper noun

Dakar ?

1. Dakar (the capital city of Senegal)