धर

See also: धरा, धरे, धरी, and धरीं

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱəɾ/, [d̪ʱɐɾ]

Verb

धर • (dhar)

1. inflection of धरना (dharnā):
   1. stem
   2. second-person singular intimate present imperative

Further reading

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

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ধৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬥᬭ (Balinese script)
• ধর (Bengali script)
• 𑰠𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀥𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• ဓရ (Burmese script)
• ધર (Gujarati script)
• ਧਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌧𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦣꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂡𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ಧರ (Kannada script)
• ធរ (Khmer script)
• ຘຣ (Lao script)
• ധര (Malayalam script)
• ᢡᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘠𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠾᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧀𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐢𑐬 (Newa script)
• ଧର (Odia script)
• ꢤꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆣𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖠𑖨 (Siddham script)
• ධර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩮𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚜𑚤 (Takri script)
• த⁴ர (Tamil script)
• ధర (Telugu script)
• ธร (Thai script)
• དྷ་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒡𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨜𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dʱɐ.ɾɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ʱɐ.ɾɐ/

Noun

धर • (dhara) stem, m

1. mountain

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of धर (dhara)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	धरः dharaḥ	धरौ / धरा¹ dharau / dharā¹	धराः / धरासः¹ dharāḥ / dharāsaḥ¹
Vocative	धर dhara	धरौ / धरा¹ dharau / dharā¹	धराः / धरासः¹ dharāḥ / dharāsaḥ¹
Accusative	धरम् dharam	धरौ / धरा¹ dharau / dharā¹	धरान् dharān
Instrumental	धरेण dhareṇa	धराभ्याम् dharābhyām	धरैः / धरेभिः¹ dharaiḥ / dharebhiḥ¹
Dative	धराय dharāya	धराभ्याम् dharābhyām	धरेभ्यः dharebhyaḥ
Ablative	धरात् dharāt	धराभ्याम् dharābhyām	धरेभ्यः dharebhyaḥ
Genitive	धरस्य dharasya	धरयोः dharayoḥ	धराणाम् dharāṇām
Locative	धरे dhare	धरयोः dharayoḥ	धरेषु dhareṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

• विद्याधर (vidyādhara)

Further reading

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “धर”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “dhara”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.