doki

See also: Doki and dōki

English

Alternative forms

• Doki

Etymology

From the title of the game Doki Doki Literature Club!, itself from Japanese どき (doki, “sound of heartbeat”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdəʊ.ki/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdoʊ.ki/
• Rhymes: -əʊki
• Hyphenation: do‧ki
• Homophones: Doki, Dhoki

Noun

doki (plural dokis)

1. (fandom slang) Any of the female characters from the visual novel video game Doki Doki Literature Club!, that is, Monika, Natsuki, Sayori, and Yuri.

   I feel like most people resonate with at least one quality from each of the Dokis to a degree.

   Everybody knows Natsuki is objectively the best doki.

Related terms

• DDLC

Hausa

Etymology

Cognate with Ngizim dū̀kà, Mangas badoki, Miya dùwakə, Duwai dùwək, Bole dṑwì, Ngamo dò, Karekare dṑku, Bura takù.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dóː.kìː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [dóː.cìː]

Noun

dōkī̀ m (feminine gōɗìyā, plural dawākī, possessed form dōkìn)

1. horse

Derived terms

• dokin Allah
• dokin caca
• dokin ƙofa
• dokin ruwa
• dokin wuya

Descendants

• → Nupe: dòkò

Hungarian

Etymology

Clipping and -i diminutive of doktor (“doctor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdoki]
• Hyphenation: do‧ki

Noun

doki (plural dokik)

1. (informal) doctor, physician

   Synonyms: doktor, orvos

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	doki	dokik
accusative	dokit	dokikat
dative	dokinak	dokiknak
instrumental	dokival	dokikkal
causal-final	dokiért	dokikért
translative	dokivá	dokikká
terminative	dokiig	dokikig
essive-formal	dokiként	dokikként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	dokiban	dokikban
superessive	dokin	dokikon
adessive	dokinál	dokiknál
illative	dokiba	dokikba
sublative	dokira	dokikra
allative	dokihoz	dokikhoz
elative	dokiból	dokikból
delative	dokiról	dokikról
ablative	dokitól	dokiktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	dokié	dokiké
non-attributive possessive – plural	dokiéi	dokikéi

Possessive forms of doki

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	dokim	dokijaim (or dokiim)
2nd person sing.	dokid	dokijaid (or dokiid)
3rd person sing.	dokija	dokijai (or dokii)
1st person plural	dokink	dokijaink (or dokiink)
2nd person plural	dokitok	dokijaitok (or dokiitok)
3rd person plural	dokijuk	dokijaik (or dokiik)

Further reading

• doki in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).

Japanese

Romanization

doki

1. Rōmaji transcription of どき
2. Rōmaji transcription of ドキ

Latvian

Noun

doki m

1. nominative/vocative plural of doks

Mokilese

Etymology

From dok (“to stab”) +‎ -i (transitive marker)

Verb

doki

1. (transitive) to stab (something)