dak
/dæk/
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India/ɖɑːk/
dak noun: a post system by means of transport relays of horses stationed at intervals along a route or network, carrying mail and passengers.
Noun
dak (plural daks)
- A post system by means of transport relays of horses stationed at intervals along a route or network, carrying mail and passengers.
- He prided himself on looking neat even when he was riding dâks.1886 November 23, Rudyard Kipling, “The Arrest of Lieutenant Golightly”, in Plain Tales from the Hills, Calcutta: Thacker, Spink and Co.; London: W. Thacker & Co., published 1888, →OCLC, pages 117–118
- A dak bungalow.
- Gaining the dak, they were joined on the veranda by four tight-lipped men.1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XV, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 161
- A journey using the dak system.
- “What are you going to do?” said the woman, between her sobs. “Do! Nothing. What should I do? Kill Kurrell or send you Home, or apply for leave to get a divorce? It's two days' dâk into Narkarra.”1889, Rudyard Kipling, “A Wayside Comedy”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 65
Verb
dak (third-person singular simple present daks, present participle dakking, simple past and past participle dakked)
- To suddenly pull down someone's pants as a prank; to pants.
- 'That Phillip (names another child) “dakked” Trevor.' 'But I've already spoken with Brendan and with Phillip, and they say that it was you who “dakked” Trevor.' 'No. He did it to me first, ay?' 'First? You mean he “dakked” you before you “dakked” him?'1995, Simon Petrie, Pointy-Enders, page 172
Proper noun capitalized: Dak
Dak (countable and uncountable, plural Daks)
- A diminutive of the male given name Dakota.
dak meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Punjabi
dak in Hindi
- dak
- डाक ḍāk
dak in Marathi
- दाक
dak in Urdu
- dak
- ڈاک ḍāk
dak in Punjabi
- dak
- ਡਾਕ ḍāk
More languagesFewer languages
- dak in Gujarati
- ડાક ḍāk
- dak in Odia
- ଦାକ୍
Forms of dak
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | daks |
| alternative form (obsolete) | dâk |
| alternative form (obsolete) | dawk |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | daks |
| present participle | dakking |
| past participle | dakked |
| past | dakked |
| alternative form | dack |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Daks |
Origin of dak
Borrowed from Hindustani डाक / ڈاک (ḍāk).
Back-formation from daks.
Clipping of Dakota.
Words formed from dak
Phrases with dak
Words that rhyme with dak
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Questions about dak
- What does dak mean?
- Dak means a post system by means of transport relays of horses stationed at intervals along a route or network, carrying mail and passengers.
- What is dak in Hindi?
- Dak in Hindi is डाक (ḍāk). See Dak meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is dak?
- Dak can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce dak?
- Dak is pronounced /ɖɑːk/ (India).
- What is the plural of dak?
- The plural of dak is daks.
Words near dak in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: dak (page history and authors); Dak (page history and authors); डाक (Hindi) (page history and authors); dak (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ڈاک (Urdu) (page history and authors); ਡਾਕ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ડાક (Gujarati) (page history and authors); dak (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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