damğa
Appearance
Azerbaijani
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Common Turkic *tamga.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]damğa (definite accusative damğanı, plural damğalar)
- cattle or horse brand (mark or scar made by burning)
- a branding iron (for such mark)
- (figuratively) stain, taint as in tainted reputation
- (figuratively) label (an unflattering name given to something or someone to categorise them as part of a particular social group)
- 2010 October 6, 313news[1]:
- Sənə cavab verənə ağılsız, səfeh damğası vurursan!
- You label people who respond to you as stupid and foolish
- (historical) tamga (a seal or a stamp used as an emblem of a particular tribe, clan or family in nomadic societies)
Declension
[edit]Declension of damğa | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | damğa |
damğalar | ||||||
definite accusative | damğanı |
damğaları | ||||||
dative | damğaya |
damğalara | ||||||
locative | damğada |
damğalarda | ||||||
ablative | damğadan |
damğalardan | ||||||
definite genitive | damğanın |
damğaların |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Armenian: դաղմա (daġma), դամղա (damġa) (Karabakh)
- → Lak: ттангъа (t:anğa)
- → Lezgi: тагъма (taġma), тӏамгъа (ṭamġa) (or perhaps from Kumyk)
- → Udi: дамгъа (damɣa)
Further reading
[edit]- “damğa” in Obastan.com.