दर

दर

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d̪əɾ/
• Rhymes: -ər

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

दर • (dar) f (Urdu spelling در‎)

1. rate, price

   इनकम टैक्सदर ― inkam ṭaiks dar ― income tax rate

   Synonym: भाव (bhāv)

2. interest rate

Declension

Declension of दर (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	दर dar	दरें darẽ
oblique	दर dar	दरों darõ
vocative	दर dar	दरो daro

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Persian در‎ (dar), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (“door, gate”). Doublet of द्वार (dvār).

Noun

दर • (dar) m (Urdu spelling در‎)

1. door

   Synonyms: दरवाज़ा (darvāzā), द्वार (dvār)

Declension

Declension of दर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	दर dar	दर dar
oblique	दर dar	दरों darõ
vocative	दर dar	दरो daro

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “दर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 478

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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬤᬭ (Balinese script)
• দৰ (Assamese script)
• দর (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌦𑌰 (Grantha script)
• દર (Gujarati script)
• ਦਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦢꦫ (Javanese script)
• ទរ (Khmer script)
• ದರ (Kannada script)
• ທຣ (Lao script)
• ദര (Malayalam script)
• 𑘟𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• ᡩᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• ဒရ (Burmese script)
• 𑦿𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐡𑐬 (Newa script)
• ଦର (Oriya script)
• ꢣꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆢𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖟𑖨 (Siddham script)
• දර (Sinhalese script)
• దర (Telugu script)
• ทร (Thai script)
• ད་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑒩 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From दॄ (dṝ).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɐ.ɾɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ɐ.ɾɐ/

Noun

दर • (dara) m

1. cleaving, breaking
2. a conch shell
3. the navel
4. fear

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of दर (dara)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	दरः daraḥ	दरौ darau	दराः / दरासः¹ darāḥ / darāsaḥ¹
Vocative	दर dara	दरौ darau	दराः / दरासः¹ darāḥ / darāsaḥ¹
Accusative	दरम् daram	दरौ darau	दरान् darān
Instrumental	दरेण dareṇa	दराभ्याम् darābhyām	दरैः / दरेभिः¹ daraiḥ / darebhiḥ¹
Dative	दराय darāya	दराभ्याम् darābhyām	दरेभ्यः darebhyaḥ
Ablative	दरात् darāt	दराभ्याम् darābhyām	दरेभ्यः darebhyaḥ
Genitive	दरस्य darasya	दरयोः darayoḥ	दराणाम् darāṇām
Locative	दरे dare	दरयोः darayoḥ	दरेषु dareṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “दर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, pages sa, 490.