در

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See also: ڈر, ذر, دز, and دژ

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
د ر ر (d-r-r)

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

Verb

دَرَّ (darra) I, non-past يَدِرُّ or يَدُرُّ‎ (yadirru or yadurru)

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

Etymology 2

Noun

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
Declension
Derived terms
References

Etymology 3

Noun

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

  1. pearls
    Synonym: لُؤْلُؤ (luʔluʔ)
Declension
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: dürr
  • Uzbek: dur

Etymology 4

Verb

دُرْ (dur) (form I)

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

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Old Armenian դար (dar, high place, precipice).

Noun

در (dir?

  1. side of a mountain

References

  • Jaba, Auguste, Justi, Ferdinand (1879) Dictionnaire Kurde-Français [Kurdish–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “դար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Noun

در (der)

  1. Alternative form of تر (ter, sweat)

Etymology 2

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

Noun

در (dür)

  1. pearl
  2. (figurative) a beautiful girl

Etymology 3

From Persian در (dar).

Preposition

در (der)

  1. in, into
  2. within, among

Etymology 4

Contraction of دورور (durur, it stands).

Verb

در (dır, dir, dur, dür)

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

Etymology 5

Phrase

در (dur)

  1. it is
Alternative forms

References

Pashto

Pronunciation

Pronoun

در (dar)

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

Persian

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Etymology 1

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).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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

Preposition

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
Synonyms

Etymology 2

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), Hindustani बार (bār) / بار (bār)), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (gate, door) (compare English door, German Tür, Armenian դուռ (duṙ), Irish doras and Russian дверь (dverʹ)).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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
Usage notes
  • The usage of در as "door", while still understood, has become uncommon in Dari.
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Verb

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

Borrowed from Arabic دُرّ (durr).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

در (dorr)

  1. pearl

Etymology 5

Verb

در (dar)

  1. present stem form of دریدن (daridan)

References

  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

Etymology

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

Noun

دَر (darm (Hindi spelling दर) (poetic)

  1. door

Related terms

Ushojo

Etymology 1

Preposition

در (dar)

  1. inside, in, into

Adverb

در (dar)

  1. in something

Etymology 2

From Classical Persian در (dar).

Noun

در (dar)

  1. door
    Synonym: دروازو (darvāzō)