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dam

Pronunciation: [dam]

“dam” is a Malay word. Its 5 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. Looking like a checkers board (of a surface).

noun

  1. Draughts, checkers.
  2. A punishment given to someone for breaking certain rules when performing the hajj.
  3. The sound of a drum being beaten.
  4. Marijuana, weed.

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch dam (“king (draught/checkers)”), from Middle French dame, from Old French dame, from Latin domina.

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