daman

See also: Appendix:Variations of "daman"

English

Etymology

From Arabic دَمَان (damān) (إسرائيل (Isrā'īl)), literally "lamb (of Israel)."

Noun

daman (plural damans)

1. The rock hyrax.

Anagrams

• A and M, A. and M., Madan, Manda, ad-man, adman, amand

Cebuano

Noun

daman

1. parasomnia (especially sleeptalking and sleepwalking)

Verb

daman

1. to sleepwalk or sleeptalk

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دَمَان (إِسْرَائِيل) (damān (ʔisrāʔīl), literally “lamb (of Israel)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da.mɑ̃/

Noun

daman m (plural damans)

1. hyrax (any species of the order Hyracoidea)

Derived terms

• daman arboricole
• daman de Rhodésie
• daman des arbres
• daman des steppes
• daman du Cap
• daman du Hoggar
• daman résistant

Further reading

• “daman”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• Amand, damna, manda

Hiligaynon

Verb

damán

1. sleeptalk

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈdaman/ [ˈda.man]
• Rhymes: -aman
• Syllabification: da‧man

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay daman (“the sheet of a large sail”), from Urdu دامَن (dāman, “sail”), from Persian دامن (“skirt”).

Noun

daman (plural daman-daman)

1. (nautical) sheet of a large sail

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Kei [Term?].

Noun

daman (plural daman-daman)

1. natural dye from tree trunks that are pounded until they release water, usually applied to bowstrings to color and preserve them

Further reading

• “daman”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016