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(Îngilîzî)

sycophant, lackey
(historical) jester

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/daɫ.kaˈvuk/

A compound with the second element being kavuk (“caouk”), further etymology disputed. Tietze, Ayverdi et al. derive from dal (“naked”) + kavuk (“caouk”). Nişanyan doubts this etymology, and instead suggests a derivation from dal- (“to dive”) + kavuk (“caouk”), referring to the idiom kavuk sallamak.