dağ.
mountain, mount, an elevation of land of considerable dimensions rising more or less abruptly, usually higher than a hill
Meaning & usage
mountain, mount, an elevation of land of considerable dimensions rising more or less abruptly, usually higher than a hill
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish طاغ (dağ, “mountain”), from Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (dağ, “mountain”), from Proto-Turkic *tāg (“mountain”). Cognates Cognate with Azerbaijani dağ, Bashkir тау (taw), Chuvash ту (tu), Kazakh тау (taw), Kumyk тав (taw), Kyrgyz тоо (too), Tatar тау (taw), Turkmen dag, Uyghur تاغ (tagh), Uzbek togʻ and Yakut тыа (tïa).
brand, sear, an identifying mark made by burning with a hot iron, especially to mark livestock
cautery, cauterization, the process of using extreme heat to cut or seal body tissue
great grief, pain, or sorrow caused by strong emotions like love or sadness
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish داغ (dağ, “brand, sear”), from Classical Persian داغ (dâġ, “sear, mark”).
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