"דווקא" meaning in All languages combined

See דווקא on Wiktionary

Adverb [Hebrew]

Forms: דַּוְקָא [canonical], dávka [romanization]
Etymology: From Aramaic דווקא (dawqā, “exactness”), through Yiddish דווקא (dafke). Etymology templates: {{der|he|arc|דווקא||exactness|tr=dawqā}} Aramaic דווקא (dawqā, “exactness”), {{bor|he|yi|דווקא|tr=dafke}} Yiddish דווקא (dafke) Head templates: {{he-adv|dwv=דַּוְקָא|tr=dávka}} דווקא / דַּוְקָא • (dávka)
  1. (colloquial) unexpectedly Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-דווקא-he-adv-bp809RGz
  2. (colloquial) just to spite Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-דווקא-he-adv-Jkn-prRv
  3. (colloquial) specifically, precisely Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-דווקא-he-adv-uZ6PBXJt
  4. (colloquial) in fact, actually Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-דווקא-he-adv-WDOKoZJP Categories (other): Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 0 32 0 68 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 0 41 0 59 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 40 0 60 0 0 0

Adverb [Yiddish]

Forms: dafke [romanization]
Etymology: From Aramaic דווקא. Etymology templates: {{bor|yi|arc|דווקא}} Aramaic דווקא Head templates: {{yi-adv|tr=dafke}} דווקא • (dafke)
  1. necessarily
    Sense id: en-דווקא-yi-adv-nxQGBKpB Categories (other): Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 30 35 35
  2. deliberately
    Sense id: en-דווקא-yi-adv-AIMonzbe Categories (other): Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 30 35 35
  3. precisely
    Sense id: en-דווקא-yi-adv-4ormscPy Categories (other): Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Disambiguation of Yiddish terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 30 35 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Yiddish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Yiddish entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 0
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