Dakar

English

Etymology

Possibly from Wolof daqaar (“tamarind”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dæˈkɑː(ɹ)/, /ˈdækɑː(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /dɑˈkɑɚ/

Proper noun

Dakar

2. The capital city of Senegal.

Translations

the capital city of Senegal

• Afrikaans: Dakar
• Arabic: دَكَار (dakār)
• Armenian: Դակար (hy) (Dakar)
• Belarusian: Дака́р m (Dakár)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 達喀爾／达喀尔 (zh) (Dákè'ěr)

• Danish: Dakar
• Dutch: Dakar n
• Esperanto: Dakaro (eo)
• Farefare: Dakaaru, Andakaaru
• French: Dakar (fr) f
• Georgian: დაკარი (daḳari)
• German: Dakar (de) n
• Greek: Ντακάρ (el) (Ntakár), Ντακάρ (el) (Ntakár)
• Hebrew: דָּקָאר / דָקָר f (dakar)
• Hindi: डाकार m (ḍākār)
• Irish: Dacár m
• Japanese: ダカール (ja) (Dakāru)
• Khmer: ដាកា (km) (daakaa)
• Korean: 다카르 (Dakareu)
• Lithuanian: Dakaras m
• Maltese: Dakar
• Marathi: डाकार n (ḍākār)
• Persian: داکار (dâkâr)
• Portuguese: Dacar (pt)
• Russian: Дака́р (ru) m (Dakár)
• Slovak: Dakar
• Spanish: Dakar (es)
• Thai: ดาการ์
• Turkish: Dakar
• Ukrainian: Дака́р m (Dakár)
• Urdu: ڈاکار m (ḍākār)
• Vietnamese: Đa-ca
• Wolof: ڎَكَارُ (ndakaaru)

Anagrams

• Kadar

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Dakar

1. Dakar (the capital city of Senegal)

French

Proper noun

Dakar m

1. Dakar (the capital city of Senegal)

Derived terms

• Dakarois
• dakarois

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /daˈkaʁ/ [daˈkah]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /daˈkaʁ/ [daˈkah]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /daˈkaɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /daˈkaʁ/ [daˈkaχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /daˈkaɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /daˈkaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /daˈkaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /daˈka.ɾi/

Proper noun

Dakar

1. Alternative spelling of Dacar

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdakar]

Proper noun

Dakar m (genitive singular Dakaru, declension pattern of dub)

1. Dakar (the capital of Senegal)

References

• “Dakar”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daˈkaɾ/ [d̪aˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: Da‧kar

Proper noun

Dakar ?

1. Dakar (the capital city of Senegal)