noun
Meaning 1
The game of Turkish draughts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Standard Lemma guide
dama
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CMU ARPABET: D AA1 M AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
a rich Chinese middle-aged woman
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial
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noun
Meaning 3
a spoilt tourist from China, usually a middle-aged woman; a Karen
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Hong-Kong, broadly, colloquial, derogatory
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phrase
Meaning 4
Initialism of discharged against medical advice.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
Meaning 5
fallow deer
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: genus Dama
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Broader terms: mammal genus
History
Etymology
Compare Turkish dama, Northern Kurdish دامە (dame).
Borrowed from Chinese 大媽 /大妈 (dàmā, “paternal aunt”)