name
Meaning 1
A surname transferred from the given name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
DAW
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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/dɔː/
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/diː eɪ ˈdʌbəljuː/
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rhymes with -ɔː
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homophone: d'aw
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homophone: daw
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homophone: door (non-rhotic)
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UK: /dɔː/
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US: /dɑː/
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US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -ɑː
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homophone: DAW
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CMU ARPABET: D AO1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
honorific title for older women
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Myanmar
Examples
- Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
Meaning relationships
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noun
Meaning 3
Initialism of digital audio workstation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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noun
Meaning 4
A western jackdaw, Coloeus monedula, a passerine bird in the crow family (Corvidae), more commonly called jackdaw.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 5
An idiot, a simpleton; fool.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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verb
Meaning 6
Initialism of dispense as written.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
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verb
Meaning 7
To dawn.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: obsolete outside Scotland
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verb
Meaning 8
To wake (someone) up.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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verb
Meaning 9
To daunt; to terrify.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 10
common black-and-grey Eurasian bird noted for thievery
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: jackdaw, Corvus monedula
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: corvine bird
History
Etymology
* As an English surname, from a Middle English short form of David. Also a nickname from the (jack)daw. Compare Davey, Dakin. * Also as an English surname, from a rhyming pet form of Raw, a name related to Rauf; compare Ralph, Rawe, Rawson, Dawkins, Dawson. * As an Arabic surname, from ضوء (“light”). * As an Irish surname, from Ó Deaghaidh (literally “descendant of Deaghadh”), from deag (“good”) + ádh (“fate”), comparable to Goodwin.
From Burmese ဒေါ် (dau, “madam”).
From Middle English dawe, from Old English *dāwe, from Proto-West Germanic *dāhwā. Cognate with German Dahle, Dohle, dialectal Tach.
From Middle English dawen, from Old English dagian (“to dawn”), from Proto-West Germanic *dagēn, from Proto-Germanic *dagāną (“to become day, dawn”), from *dagaz (“day”), from Proto-Indo-European *dhegwh- (“to burn”). More at day, dawn.