As a Hindi name
डाक · noun · masculine
सवारी का ऐसा प्रबंध जिसमें एक एक टिकान पर बराबर जानवर आदि बदले जाते हों । घोड़े गाड़ी आदि का जगह जगह इंतजाम — Śabdasāgara
डाक · noun · feminine
धमन । उलटी । कै — Śabdasāgara
डाक · ḍāk · v.n.
Post (for conveyance of letters), the mail; disposition or relay of horses, or runners, or pālkī-bearers along a road (for conveyance of the post or travellers); travelling by post; a post-office — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 562
डाक · ḍāk · s.m.
A piece of gold or silver leaf, &c. placed under a gem (in a ring) to heighten its brilliance, a foil; a coloured substance placed under glass to form a mock gem ( = ḍāṅk) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 562
डाक · feminine
mail, post; dak
Cited formation "डाक" is ड + -आक: ड means "the thirteenth consonant in Hindi", and the suffix -आक forms doing habitually, efficiently (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(7) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
“Unknown. Perhaps related to डाकना (ḍāknā, “to shout”). Cognate with Assamese ডাক (dak), Bengali ডাক (ḍak), Gujarati ડાક (ḍāk), Marathi डाक (ḍāk), Odia ଡାକ (ḍāka).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
an imp attending Kālī
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M3 · meaning shifts "ḍāka" is derived from "ḍā" with the ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
ḍā f. a Ḍākinī, L.
a basket &c. carried by a sling, L.
ḍāka m. an imp attending Kālī, Kālac. v, 38.
Dictionary citations
ḍāka m. an imp attending Kālī, Kālac. v, 38.
ḍā f. a Ḍākinī, L.
a basket &c. carried by a sling, L.
Alternative readings
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