دارو

Chagatai

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دارو (dâru, “medicine, drug, gunpowder”), itself derived from Middle Persian dʾlwkˈ (dārūg, “drug, medicament”).

Noun

دارو (dārū) (plural دارولار)

1. medicine, drug

Pashto

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دارو (dārū, “medicine, drug, gunpowder”), itself derived from Middle Persian dʾlwkˈ (dārūg, “drug, medicament”). The sense of "alcohol" is semantically influenced by Hindustani.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɑˈru/

Noun

دارو • (dârû) m

1. (slang) alcohol
2. (rare) medicine, drug (medication), medication

Declension

Declension of دارو

	singular	plural
direct	دارو (dârû)	داروګان (dârûgān)
oblique	دارو (dârû)	داروګانو (dârûgāno)
vocative	دارو (dârû)	داروګانو (dârûgāno)

Synonyms

• درمل (darmal)

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (dʾlwkˈ /⁠dārūg⁠/, “drug, medicament”), perhaps from Proto-Iranian *dā́rukah (“tree, wood”). Compare Parthian 𐫅𐫀𐫓𐫇𐫃 (dʾlwg /⁠dālūg⁠/, “plant, tree”). Unrelated to English drug.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [dɑː.ˈɾuː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɑː.ɾúː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɑː.ɾúː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪ɑː.ɾúː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪ɔː.ɾú]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɒː.ɹúː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɔ.ɾú]

Readings
Classical reading?	dārū
Dari reading?	dārū
Iranian reading?	dâru
Tajik reading?	doru

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

Dari	دارو
Iranian Persian
Tajik	дору

دارو • (dâru) (plural داروها (dâru-hâ))

1. medicine, drug, medication

   Synonyms: دوا (davâ), درمان (darmân)

   Antonyms: سم (samm), زهر (zahr)

   دارو اثر کرد. ― dâru asar kard. ― The drug was effective.

2. gunpowder

Derived terms

• دارویی / داروئی (dâruyi)
• داروخانه (dâruxâne)
• داروساز (dârusâz)
• داروسازی (dârusâzi)

Descendants

• → Kazakh: дәрі (därı), дәру (däru)
• → Kyrgyz: дары (darı)
• → Bengali: দারু (daru)
• → Chakma: 𑄘𑄢𑄪 (dāru)
• → Gujarati: દારૂ (dārū)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: दारू (dārū)

  Urdu: دارو (dārū)

• → Marathi: दारू (dārū)
• → Odia: ଦାରୁ (dāru)
• → Pashto: دارو (dârû)
• → Uyghur: دورا (dora)

Further reading

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “دارو”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

Urdu

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-Iranian *dā́ru

Proto-Iranian *dā́ru

Proto-Iranian *-kah

Proto-Iranian *dā́rukah?

Classical Persian دَارُو (dārū)bor.

Urdu دارو (dāro)

Borrowed from Classical Persian دَارُو (dārū, “medicine, drug, gunpowder”), itself derived from Middle Persian dʾlwkˈ (dārūg, “drug, medicament”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪ɑː.ɾuː/

Noun

دارو • (dārū) f (Hindi spelling दारू)

1. (health) medicine, drug, medication
2. remedy, cure
3. liquor, spirits, alcohol
4. wine
5. gunpowder

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit दारु (dāru), from Sanskrit root दृ (dṛ). Cognate with Ancient Greek δρῦς (drûs), Old Persian 𐎭𐎠𐎽𐎢𐎺 (d-a-ru-u-v /dāruv/), Old English trēow (whence English tree).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪ɑː.ɾuː/

Noun

دارو • (dāru) m (Hindi spelling दारु)

1. wood
2. timber