Daku, Ḍākū, Dà kū, Da ku, Dà kǔ: 8 definitions

Introduction:

Daku means something in Hindi, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Biology (plants and animals)

Daku in the Hindi language is the name of a plant identified with Peucedanum grande C.B.Clarke from the Apiaceae (Carrot) family. For the possible medicinal usage of daku, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

Daku in the Urdu language, ibid. previous identification.

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs
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Languages of India and abroad

Hindi dictionary

Ḍākū (डाकू):—(nm) a dacoit, bandit.

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary
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Kannada-English dictionary

Ḍāku (ಡಾಕು):—

1) [noun] an offensive attack by a military force.

2) [noun] active physical or mental force or strength; vitality; vigour.

3) [noun] the fact of being brilliant; great brightness, radiance, intensity, splendour, etc; brilliance.

4) [noun] quickness in movement, action, etc.; swiftness.

5) [noun] the act, practice or an instance of robbing.

6) [noun] a man engaged in robbery; a robber.

7) [noun] ಡಾಕಳಿ [dakali] ḍākaḷi to lose one’s physical or mental strength; to lose vigour.

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Ḍāku (ಡಾಕು):—[noun] = ಡಾಗು [dagu]1.

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Dāku (ದಾಕು):—

1) [noun] a mark burned on the skin with a hot iron; a brand.

2) [noun] a black mark as on clothes, paper, etc.

3) [noun] any preparation of killed micro organisms, living weakened organisms, etc. introduced into the body to produce immunity to a specific disease by causing the formation of antibodies; a vaccine.

4) [noun] a mark left on the body by vaccination.

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Dāku (ದಾಕು):—[noun] a long stride.

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus
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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Nepali dictionary

Ḍāku (डाकु):—n. dacoit; robber;

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary
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Chinese-English dictionary

[The following represents an unverified English translation. For all purposes consult the original Chinese text.]

大哭 [dà kū] [da ku]—
To cry loudly (大聲地哭 [da sheng de ku]). Refers to crying extremely intensely. From Chapter 9 of Romance of the Three Kingdoms (《三國演義 [san guo yan yi]》): "Dong Zhuo's (董卓 [dong zhuo]) corpse was exposed in the marketplace, when suddenly a person prostrated himself on his corpse and cried loudly." From Chapter 49 of Dream of the Red Chamber (《紅樓夢 [hong lou meng]》): "Enough, enough! Today the Reed Snow Hut (蘆雪庵 [lu xue an]) has suffered a calamity, utterly ruined by Girl Yun (雲丫頭 [yun ya tou]). I shall have a big cry for the Reed Snow Hut (蘆雪庵 [lu xue an])."

大哭:大聲地哭。指哭得非常厲害。《三國演義》第九回:「董卓暴屍於市,忽有一人伏其屍而大哭。」《紅樓夢》第四九回:「罷了,罷了,今日蘆雪庵遭劫,生生被雲丫頭作踐了。我為蘆雪庵一大哭。」

dà kū: dà shēng de kū. zhǐ kū dé fēi cháng lì hài. < sān guó yǎn yì> dì jiǔ huí: “dǒng zhuō bào shī yú shì, hū yǒu yī rén fú qí shī ér dà kū.” < hóng lóu mèng> dì sì jiǔ huí: “bà le, bà le, jīn rì lú xuě ān zāo jié, shēng shēng bèi yún yā tóu zuò jiàn le. wǒ wèi lú xuě ān yī dà kū.”

da ku: da sheng de ku. zhi ku de fei chang li hai. < san guo yan yi> di jiu hui: "dong zhuo bao shi yu shi, hu you yi ren fu qi shi er da ku." < hong lou meng> di si jiu hui: "ba le, ba le, jin ri lu xue an zao jie, sheng sheng bei yun ya tou zuo jian le. wo wei lu xue an yi da ku."

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大苦 [dà kǔ] [da ku]—
1. An alternative name for 甘草 [gan cao] (gāncǎo). See the entry for 甘草 [gan cao] (gāncǎo).
2. In Buddhism (佛教 [fu jiao]), it refers to the suffering of birth and death (生死之苦 [sheng si zhi ku]) in the Six Realms (六道 [liu dao]).

大苦:1.甘草的別名。參見「甘草」條。
2.佛教上指六道生死之苦。

dà kǔ:1. gān cǎo de bié míng. cān jiàn “gān cǎo” tiáo.
2. fú jiào shàng zhǐ liù dào shēng sǐ zhī kǔ.

da ku:1. gan cao de bie ming. can jian "gan cao" tiao.
2. fu jiao shang zhi liu dao sheng si zhi ku.

Source: moedict.tw: Mengdian Mandarin Chinese Dictionary

大哭 ts = dà kū p refers to “to cry loudly”.

Source: CC-CEDICT: Community maintained free Chinese-English dictionary

大苦 [dà kǔ] refers to: “great suffering”.

大苦 is further associated with the following language/terms:

[Related Chinese terms] 大患.

[Vietnamese] đại khổ.

[Korean] 대고 / dae go.

[Japanese] ダイク / dai ku.

Source: DILA Glossaries: Digital Dictionary of Buddhism
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