dara

From Sanskrit धरति (dharati, “to hold”) with the root धृ (dhṛ) but without the -ति (-ti) suffix, from Proto-Indo-Aryan *dʰárati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰárati with the root *dʰar-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰér-e-ti, thematic present of *dʰer- (“to hold”). Compare Tagalog dala, Cebuano dala, Kapampangan dala, Assamese ধৰা (dhora), Bengali ধরা (dhora), Odia ଧରିବା (dhôriba).

• Hyphenation: da‧ra
• IPA^(key): /daˈɾa/, [d̪aˈɾa]

dará

1. to bring
2. to be swayed (by other's opinion)
3. (by extension) to carry

   Synonyms: bitbit, karga

dara

1. tare

dara

1. tooth

Borrowed from a Turkic language. Compare Turkish darı.[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɒrɒ]

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• Hyphenation: da‧ra
• Rhymes: -rɒ

dara (usually uncountable, plural darák)

1. grits (hulled and coarsely ground grain)
2. (weather) sleet, ice pellets

• dara in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• dara in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

From Proto-Malayic *dara, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀa (“maiden, virgin, unmarried girl”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈdara]
• Hyphenation: da‧ra

dara

1. maiden, virgin
2. virginity

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀaq; cognate with Indonesian darah, Malagasy ra, Nauruan ara.

• IPA^(key): /daˈɾa/, [dɐˈɾa]
• Hyphenation: da‧ra

dará (Kur-itan spelling ᜇᜎ)

1. blood

• IPA^(key): [ˈdara]
• Hyphenation: da‧ra

From Malay dara, from Proto-Malayic *dara, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀa (“maiden, virgin, unmarried girl”). Compare Tagalog dalaga.

dara (first-person possessive daraku, second-person possessive daramu, third-person possessive daranya)

1. maiden, virgin
2. virginity
3. female cattle that are more than one year old and have never given birth even though they are pregnant

From Malay dara, possibly from Old Javanese dara, darā.

dara (first-person possessive daraku, second-person possessive daramu, third-person possessive daranya)

1. pigeon (Columba domestica).

   Synonym: merpati

• “dara” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

dara

1. future of dar

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠɑɾˠə/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ˠaɾˠə/[1]

From Old Irish indala, from ind (“the”) + aile (“second, other”), from Proto-Celtic *alyos (compare Welsh ail), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos (compare Latin alius, Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌹𐍃 (aljis)).

• darna
• tarna (Munster)

dara (triggers h-prothesis)

1. second

   an dara haois ― the second century

   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 54:

     caiŕə n darə ūntū ŕ hȳv nə l̄āvə ḱlī.

     [Teighre an dara hiontú ar thaoibh na láimhe clí.]

     Take the second turn on the left-hand side.

     (literally, “Go…”)

• gach dara

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

dara

1. genitive singular of dair (“oak”)

dara

1. Romanization of ꦢꦫ

dara

1. aunt

• dərə

Borrowed from Persian دره (dare).

• IPA^(key): [daɾa], [dæ̞ɾa], [dæɾa]
• (Talxâbî, Xarrâbî) IPA^(key): [daɾa]

dara (definite accusative darañ, plural daralar)

1. valley
2. gorge, ravine, canyon

• Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
• Doerfer, Gerhard (1988) Grammatik des Chaladsch [Grammar of Khalaj] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN, →OCLC

dara

1. third-person singular/plural present indicative of darīt
2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of darīt
3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of darīt

• IPA^(key): /dara/
• Rhymes: -ara, -ra, -a

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From Proto-Malayic *dara, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀa (“maiden, virgin, unmarried girl”). Compare Tagalog dalaga.

dara (Jawi spelling دارا, informal 1st possessive daraku, 2nd possessive daramu, 3rd possessive daranya)

1. maiden, virgin

   Synonyms: gadis, perawan

2. virginity

   Synonym: keperawanan

• Indonesian: dara

Possibly from Old Javanese dara, darā. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

dara (Jawi spelling دارا)

1. pigeon (Columba domestica)

   Synonym: merpati

• Indonesian: dara

• “dara” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

From Arabic دَرَى (darā, “to know”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈda.ra/

dara (imperfect jidra)

1. to get used to (adapt to something new, make it customary)
2. to become acquainted with (learn the basics of something new)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀaq. Compare Ilocano dara, Pangasinan dala, Indonesian darah, Malagasy ra, Nauruan ara.

dara

1. blood

   Synonym: rogo'

• A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

dara

1. winter

• IPA^(key): /dā.ɾá/

dará (plural darázhì)

1. tamarind fruit (Tamarindus indica)

   Synonym: daráci

• Roger Blench, Nupe Plants and Trees Their Names and Uses (2008)

Univerbation of tar (“over, across”) +‎ a (“his, her, its, their”)

• IPA^(key): [ˈdara]

dara (triggers lenition in the meaning “his, its”, h-prothesis in the meaning “her”, and nasalization in the meaning “their”)

1. over/across his/her/its/their

• IPA^(key): /d̪a.ra/
• Rhymes: -ra
• Homophones: dara, darā, dāra, ḍara, dhara
• Hyphenation: da‧ra

dara

1. Alternative spelling of darā (“pigeon; dove”)

• "dara" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish طاره (dara).

dara f (plural darale)

1. tare (empty weight of a container)

• dàrna

From Old Irish indala, from ind (“the”) + aile (“second, other”), from Proto-Celtic *alyos (compare Welsh ail), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos (compare Latin alius, Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌹𐍃 (aljis)).

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪aɾˠə/

dara

1. second

• an dara cuid
• an dara pearsa

• dà

dara (Cyrillic spelling дара)

1. genitive singular of dar

Reversed and modified from the Irish arán.

dara

1. bread

• Language in Danger Andrew Dalby, 2003

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-dara (infinitive kudara)

1. to touch

• Verbal derivations:
  • Reciprocal: -darana (“to touch each other”)

• IPA^(key): /daˈɾa/, [dɐˈɾa]
• Hyphenation: da‧ra

dará (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜇ)

1. angry shout (usually accompanied with the stamping of feet)
2. (obsolete) act of speaking a lot

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaɾaʔ/, [ˈda.ɾɐʔ]
• Hyphenation: da‧ra

darà (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜇ) (obsolete)

1. argument through words

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaɾa/, [ˈda.ɾɐ]
• Hyphenation: da‧ra

dara (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜇ) (obsolete)

1. rushing someone by yelling

• IPA^(key): /daˈɾaʔ/, [dɐˈɾaʔ]
• Hyphenation: da‧ra

darâ (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜇ) (obsolete)

1. name of the Baybayin letter ᜇ, corresponding to "da" or "ra"

• “dara”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎, La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 211: “D) Dara (pc) anſi llaman eſtos [a la] D .|. dara yaon .|. ᜇ . Confunden la en la pronunciaçion q̃ ni ſe ſabe ſi es .d. o ſi es .r. y en la eſcritura eſpañola ya la escriuen con .d. ya con .r. la regla ſea q̃ ſi la raiz tiene dos .rr. la primera ſea .d. y la ſegunda .r. vi. darang, d.r, diril, durug . &c.”
  • page 526: “Reñir) Dara (pp) de palabra ſin manos”
  • page 532: “Riña) Dara (pp) de palabra [y no] de manos”

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *daʀaq.

dara

1. blood
2. menstrual blood

dara (definite accusative darayı, plural daralar)

1. tare

dara

1. dog

   daramukunu — there are many dogs around

• Mary Laughren, Rob Pensalfini, Tom Mylne, Accounting for verb-initial order in an Australian language, in Verb First: On the syntax of verb-initial languages (2005)

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dara

1. nothing

From dá (“to be good”) +‎ ara (“body”).

• dáa

• IPA^(key): /dá.ɾā/

dára

1. to be good, fine, fair

   Kò dára kí a máa gbàgbé àṣà wa. ― It's not good for us to forget our culture.

• dáradára, dáadáa (“well”)

From dá (“to create”) +‎ àrà (“marvel; wonder”)

• IPA^(key): /dá.ɾà/

dárà

1. to perform tricks
2. to embellish; to decorate

   Tẹ́lẹ̀, mo máa ń dárà sí ilé. ― Before, I used to decorate homes.