dekad

From English decade, from Middle English, from Middle French decade, from Late Latin decas (“(set of) ten”), from Ancient Greek δέκας (dékas), from δέκα (déka, “ten”).

• IPA^(key): /dekat/
• Rhymes: -ekat, -kat, -at

dekad (plural dekad-dekad, informal first-person possessive dekadku, informal second-person possessive dekadmu, third-person possessive dekadnya)

1. decade (a period of ten years)
2. ten days, especially of rainfall
   • “Zimbabwe: Rainfall estimation”, in (Please provide the title of the work)‎, FEWSnet, accessed 2010-07-19

     2010 Dekad 19 (when accessed, the 200th day of the year) Template:gloss stub