Etymology

dora

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Today it means: Tiles that provide bonus score multiplier points (飜 (han)) in a winning hand, indicated by one or multiple face-up tiles in the dead wall. Full definition →

Japanese ドラ ← English dragon ← Middle English dragoun
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dora · noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*derḱ-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*dérkomai
  3. Ancient Greekδέρκομαι (dérkomai)
  4. Ancient Greekδράκων (drákōn)
  5. Latindracō
  6. Old Frenchdragon
  7. Middle Englishdragoun
  8. Englishdragon
  9. Japaneseドラゴンclip.
  10. Japaneseドラ
  11. English todaydora

Borrowed from Japanese ドラ (dora), a clipping of Japanese ドラゴン (doragon), from English dragon.

Dora · proper noun2

A diminutive of Dorothy used since early 19th century. Sometimes also short for Theodora or Isidora.

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