dama
noun
dama is spelled D-A-M-A: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 64,400th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dama means “The game of Turkish draughts” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dama is damas.
How many letters and syllables are in dama?
| Letters | 4: D-A-M-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 64,400th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is dama?
Dama appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 64,400th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce dama?
Dama has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with dama?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as dama.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: adam.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of dama
- damas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does dama mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The game of Turkish draughts.
- 2
colloquiala rich Chinese middle-aged woman
- 3
colloquialderogatorya spoilt tourist from China, usually a middle-aged woman; a Karen
phrase
- 1
Initialism of discharged against medical advice.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does dama come from?
Compare Turkish dama, Northern Kurdish دامە (dame).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).