داو

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Persian داو (dâv).

Noun

داو • (dav)

1. player's turn at play
2. player's doubling his stake
3. refill of a glass to drink one's health

Descendants

• Turkish: dav

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

داو • (dav)

1. Burchell's zebra (Equus quagga burchellii)

Descendants

• Turkish: dav

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Arabic دَاو (dāw, “dhow”).

Noun

داو • (dav)

1. dhow, a traditional boat used along the coasts of Arabia

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “dav”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1113
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “داو”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 564
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “داو”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[2], Vienna, column 2015
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “داو”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 885