Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit दारिद्र (dāridra). Doublet of دارِد (dārid).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

دارِدْر (dāridrm (Hindi spelling दारिद्र)

  1. (rare) poverty, wretchedness, indigence
    Synonyms: غَرِیبی (ġarībī), دِینْتا (dīntā), مُفلِسی (muflisī)

Declension edit

Declension of داردر
singular plural
direct دارِدْر (dāridra) دارِدْر (dāridra)
oblique دارِدْر (dāridra) دارِدْروں (dāridrõ)
vocative دارِدْر (dāridra) دارِدْرو (dāridro)

Further reading edit

  • Platts, John T. (1884) “داردر”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • داردر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.