dayak

Meaning

  1. Beating an animal or a human being; battering, whacking.
  2. (uncommon) A wooden or metal support to prevent something from collapsing; a prop, sleeper.

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/daˈjak/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish طیاق (dayak, “a prop, support, pier or beating with a stick”), from Ottoman Turkish طیامق (dayamak, “to prop up, to support”), from Proto-Turkic *taya- (“to prop, to lean”), morphologically daya- + -k.

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