dāra

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dara"

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit दार (dāra, “wife”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪a.ra/
• Rhymes: -ra
• Homophones: dara, darā, dāra, ḍara, dhara
• Hyphenation: dā‧ra

Noun

dāra

1. wife

Further reading

• "dāra" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀤𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• दार (Devanagari script)
• দার (Bengali script)
• දාර (Sinhalese script)
• ဒါရ or ၻႃရ (Burmese script)
• ทาร or ทาระ (Thai script)
• ᨴᩤᩁ (Tai Tham script)
• ທາຣ or ທາຣະ (Lao script)
• ទារ (Khmer script)
• 𑄘𑄂𑄢 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From Sanskrit दार (dāra).

Noun

dāra m

1. young woman
2. wife, married woman
   • Suttapiṭaka, Khuddanikāya, Vimānavatthu 973

     sakena dārena ca tuṭṭho ahosiṃ

     I was satisfied with my own wife

   Synonym: itthi

   Synonym: dārā

Declension

Declension table of "dāra" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	dāro	dārā
Accusative (second)	dāraṃ	dāre
Instrumental (third)	dārena	dārehi or dārebhi
Dative (fourth)	dārassa or dārāya or dāratthaṃ	dārānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	dārasmā or dāramhā or dārā	dārehi or dārebhi
Genitive (sixth)	dārassa	dārānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	dārasmiṃ or dāramhi or dāre	dāresu
Vocative (calling)	dāra	dārā

Derived terms

• puttadāra
• paradāra
• dārā
• dārī

References

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “dāra”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead