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dal.

branch

3 characters1 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun/daɫ/

  1. branch

  2. arm

  3. branch, a line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line.

  4. phylum

  5. cigarette, joint

    slang

  6. horn

  7. tree

  8. acorn tree

  9. rafters placed on roofs

    Afyonkarahisar · Burdur · Denizli · Isparta
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish دال (dal), from Old Anatolian Turkish طال (dal), from Proto-Turkic *tāl. Cognate with Azerbaijani and Gagauz dal, Kazakh тал (tal), Kyrgyz тал (tal), Tatar тал (tal), Turkmen tal, and Yakut талах (talax).

adj

  1. bare, naked

    dialectal

  2. thin (of an animal)

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish دال (dal), from Old Anatolian Turkish دال (dal), further etymology unknown.

noun

  1. back, rear

    Adana · Ağrı · Denizli · Diyarbakır · Elazığ · Isparta · Kayseri · Konya · Niğde · Tokat · dialectal

  2. arm

    Konya · dialectal

  3. shoulder

    Adana · Afyonkarahisar · Kayseri · Konya · Niğde · Tokat · dialectal

  4. neck

    dialectal

  5. back

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish [Term?], from Old Anatolian Turkish طالو (ṭalu), of Mongolic origin. Compare Azerbaijani dal.

adv

  1. exactly, precisely

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

Compare Kazakh дәл (däl), Bashkir дәл (däl).

noun/dal/

  1. Letter of the Arabic alphabet: د

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish دال, from Arabic دَال (dāl).

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