darak

Borrowed from Malay dedak (“bran”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dəkdək (“pulverize, crush by pounding”). Compare Kapampangan darak and Javanese ꦝꦼꦝꦏ꧀ (dhedhak). Doublet of dikdik.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /daˈɾak/ [d̪ɐˈɾak̚]
• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: da‧rak

darák (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜇᜃ᜔)

1. bran; rice bran (usually powdered or pulverized)

   Synonym: pinagkiskisan

• darakan

• ipa

• “darak”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*dekdek₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• Zorc, David Paul (1982) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 3, page 116

Cognate with Azerbaijani daraq

• Hyphenation: da‧raq

darak (definite accusative daragy, plural daraklar)

1. comb

• “darak” in Enedilim.com
• “darak” in Webonary.org