See also: ڈر, ذر, دز, and دژ

Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Root
د ر ر (d r r)
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From Proto-Afroasiatic *dâr- (to increase). Cognate with Old South Arabian 𐩵𐩧𐩧 (drr, abundance, harvest).

Verb

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دَرَّ (darra) I (non-past يَدِرُّ (yadirru) or يَدُرُّ (yadurru), verbal noun دَرّ (darr))

  1. to flow copiously
  2. to stream, to flow, to well
  3. to accrue
  4. to be abundant, to be plentiful
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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دَرّ (darrm

  1. verbal noun of دَرَّ (darra) (form I)
  2. copious flow of milk
  3. milk, lactation
  4. achievement, accomplishment
  5. nature, natural disposition
  6. soul, mind, intellect
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Etymology 3

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Noun

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دُرّ (durrm (collective, singulative دُرَّة f (durra), paucal دُرَّات (durrāt) or دُرَر (durar))

  1. pearls
    Synonym: لُؤْلُؤ (luʔluʔ)
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Descendants
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  • Azerbaijani: dürr
  • Uzbek: dur
  • Northern Kurdish: durr

Etymology 4

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Verb

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دُرْ (dur) (form I) /dur/

  1. second-person masculine singular imperative of دَارَ (dāra)

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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در (der)

  1. Alternative form of تر (ter, sweat)

Etymology 2

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From Classical Persian در (durr), from Arabic دُرّ (durr).

Noun

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در (dür)

  1. pearl
  2. (figurative) a beautiful girl

Etymology 3

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From Persian در (dar).

Preposition

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در (der)

  1. in, into
  2. within, among

Etymology 4

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Contraction of دورور (durur, it stands).

Verb

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در (dır, dir, dur, dür)

  1. (he, she, it) is; (they) are
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Etymology 5

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Phrase

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در (dur)

  1. it is
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Pashto

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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در (dar)

  1. toward you (pronominal prefix of the second person)

Persian

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Persian 𐭡𐭩𐭭 (byn /⁠andar⁠/, in, among, towards, concerning), from Old Persian 𐎠𐎫𐎼 (aⁿtar, among, within), from Proto-Iranian, Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hantara-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁énteros (inner, what is inside).[1]

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Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? dar
Dari reading? dar
Iranian reading? dar
Tajik reading? dar
  • Audio (Iran):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ar

Preposition

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Dari در
Iranian Persian
Tajik дар

در (dar)

  1. at
    در خانه
    dar xâne
    at home
  2. in
    در کیف
    dar kif
    in a bag
  3. within, among
  4. to
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Etymology 2

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    From Middle Persian 𐭡𐭡𐭠 (dar, gate, court, palace, chapter, subject), from Old Persian 𐎯𐎺𐎼𐎹𐎠 (duvar-, door, gate), from Proto-Iranian *dwar- (compare Northern Kurdish derî, Ossetian дуар (dwar), Avestan 𐬛𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬨 (duuarəm)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dwar- (compare Sanskrit द्वार (dvā́ra), Hindi बार (bār) / Urdu بار (bār)), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (gate, door) (compare English door, German Tür, Armenian դուռ (duṙ), Irish doras and Russian дверь (dverʹ)).[2]

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    Readings
    Classical reading? dar
    Dari reading? dar
    Iranian reading? dar
    Tajik reading? dar

    Noun

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    Dari دَروازهَ
    Iranian Persian در
    Tajik дар

    در (dar) (plural درها (dar-hâ))

    1. (chiefly Iran) door
    2. (chiefly Iran) lid
    3. (dated) court
    4. (dated) topic, subject
    5. (dated) chapter
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    • The usage of در as "door", while still understood, has become uncommon in Dari.
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    Etymology 3

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    Verb

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    در (der)

    1. (dialectal, Mashhad) present stem form of دیشتن
      حالا کم کم می‌بینُم کار دِرَه بالا می‌گیرِه.
      hâlâ kam kam mi-binom kâr dera bâlâ mi-gire.
      (please add an English translation of this usage example)

    Etymology 4

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    Borrowed from Arabic دُرّ (durr).

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    Readings
    Classical reading? dur
    Dari reading? dur
    Iranian reading? dor
    Tajik reading? dur

    Noun

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    در (dorr)

    1. pearl

    Etymology 5

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    Verb

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    در (dar)

    1. present stem form of دریدن (daridan)

    References

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    1. ^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 161
    2. ^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2003) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 500

    Urdu

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Classical Persian در (dar). Doublet of دوار (dvār).

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    دَر (darm (Hindi spelling दर) (poetic)

    1. door
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    Ushojo

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    Etymology 1

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    Preposition

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    در (dar)

    1. inside, in, into

    Adverb

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    در (dar)

    1. in something

    Etymology 2

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    From Classical Persian در (dar).

    Noun

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    در (dar)

    1. door
      Synonym: دروازو (darvāzō)