Urdu

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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دارِدْر (dāridrm (Hindi spelling दारिद्र)

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

Declension

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

Further reading

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  • 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.