דמקה

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Hebrew[edit]

דמקה

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Russian да́мка (dámka, the king in checkers/draughts), possibly via Yiddish דאַמקע (damke). Semantically without doubt influenced by German Dame (checkers, draughts) and equivalent names for the game in most European languages, eventually from French jeu de dames.

Noun[edit]

דַּמְקָה (dámkaf

  1. checkers, draughts