douk

See also: Douk

Mauritian Creole

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Hindi दुःख (duḥkh), from Sanskrit दुःख (duḥkha).

Noun

douk

  1. distress

References

  • Carpooran, Arnaud (2011), Diksioner Morisien [Mauritian Dictionary] (in Mauritian Creole), second edition, Éditions Le Printemps, →ISBN, page 299

Middle English

Noun

douk

  1. alternative form of duk (“duke”)

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English ducken, from Old English *dūcan (“to dip, dive, duck”), from Proto-West Germanic *dūkan.

Verb

douk (third-person singular simple present douks, present participle doukin, simple past and past participle doukt)

  1. (intransitive) to duck
  2. (transitive) to dunk, baptise
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