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dayak.

Beating an animal or a human being; battering, whacking.

5 characters1 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun/daˈjak/
  1. Beating an animal or a human being; battering, whacking.

  2. A wooden or metal support to prevent something from collapsing; a prop, sleeper.

    uncommon
Where this word comes from

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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