dara

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Bikol Central

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: da‧ra
  • IPA(key): /daˈɾa/,

Verb

dará

  1. to bring
  2. to be swayed (by other's opinion)
  3. (by extension) to carry
    Synonyms: bitbit, karga

Derived terms

Crimean Tatar

Noun

dara

  1. tare

Declension

Dharug

Noun

dara

  1. tooth

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from a Turkic language. Compare Turkish darı.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: da‧ra
  • Rhymes: -rɒ

Noun

dara (usually uncountable, plural darák)

  1. grits (hulled and coarsely ground grain)
  2. (weather) sleet, ice pellets

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative dara darák
accusative darát darákat
dative darának daráknak
instrumental darával darákkal
causal-final daráért darákért
translative darává darákká
terminative daráig darákig
essive-formal daraként darákként
essive-modal
inessive darában darákban
superessive darán darákon
adessive daránál daráknál
illative darába darákba
sublative darára darákra
allative darához darákhoz
elative darából darákból
delative daráról darákról
ablative darától daráktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
daráé daráké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
daráéi darákéi
Possessive forms of dara
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. darám daráim
2nd person sing. darád daráid
3rd person sing. darája darái
1st person plural daránk daráink
2nd person plural darátok daráitok
3rd person plural darájuk daráik

Derived terms

Compound words

References

  1. ^ dara in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

  • dara in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • dara in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *dara, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀa (maiden, virgin, unmarried girl).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: da‧ra

Noun

dara

  1. maiden, virgin
  2. virginity

Ilocano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀaq; cognate with Indonesian darah, Malagasy ra, Nauruan ara.

Noun

dará (Kur-itan spelling ᜇᜎ)

  1. blood

Derived terms

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: da‧ra

Etymology 1

From Malay dara, from Proto-Malayic *dara, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀa (maiden, virgin, unmarried girl).

Noun

dara (first-person possessive daraku, second-person possessive daramu, third-person possessive daranya)

  1. maiden, virgin
  2. virginity
  3. female cattle that are more than one year old and have never given birth even though they are pregnant
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Malay dara, possibly from Old Javanese dara, darā.

Noun

dara (first-person possessive daraku, second-person possessive daramu, third-person possessive daranya)

  1. pigeon (Columba domestica).
    Synonym: merpati

Further reading

Interlingua

Verb

dara

  1. future of dar

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish indala, from ind (the) + aile (second, other), from Proto-Celtic *alyos (compare Welsh ail), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos (compare Latin alius, Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌹𐍃 (aljis)).

Alternative forms

Numeral

dara (triggers h-prothesis)

  1. second
    an dara haoisthe second century
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 54:
      caiŕə n darə ūntū ŕ hȳv nə l̄āvə ḱlī.
      [Teighre an dara hiontú ar thaoibh na láimhe clí.]
      Take the second turn on the left-hand side.
      (literally, “Go…”)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

dara

  1. genitive singular of dair (oak)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dara dhara ndara
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 97

Javanese

Romanization

dara

  1. Romanization of ꦢꦫ

Kapampangan

Noun

dara

  1. aunt

Khalaj

Perso-Arabic دَره

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian دره (dare).

Pronunciation

Noun

dara (definite accusative darañ, plural daralar)

  1. valley
  2. gorge, ravine, canyon

Declension

References

  • Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
  • Doerfer, Gerhard (1988) Grammatik des Chaladsch [Grammar of Khalaj] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN, →OCLC

Latvian

Verb

dara

  1. third-person singular/plural present indicative of darīt
  2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of darīt
  3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of darīt

Malay

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayic *dara, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀa (maiden, virgin, unmarried girl).

Noun

dara (Jawi spelling دارا, informal 1st possessive daraku, 2nd possessive daramu, 3rd possessive daranya)

  1. maiden, virgin
    Synonyms: gadis, perawan
  2. virginity
    Synonym: keperawanan
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Indonesian: dara

Etymology 2

Possibly from Old Javanese dara, darā. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

dara (Jawi spelling دارا)

  1. pigeon (Columba domestica)
    Synonym: merpati
Descendants

Further reading

Maltese

Root
d-r-w
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic دَرَى (darā, to know).

Pronunciation

Verb

dara (imperfect jidra)

  1. to get used to (adapt to something new, make it customary)
  2. to become acquainted with (learn the basics of something new)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of dara
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m drajt drajt dara drajna drajtu draw
f drat
imperfect m nidra tidra jidra nidraw tidraw jidraw
f tidra
imperative idra idraw

Maranao

Noun

dara

  1. blood
    Synonym: rogo'

References

Narua

Noun

dara

  1. winter

Nupe

Dará

Pronunciation

Noun

dará (plural darázhì)

  1. tamarind fruit (Tamarindus indica)
    Synonym: daráci

References

  • Roger Blench, Nupe Plants and Trees Their Names and Uses (2008)

Old Irish

Etymology

Univerbation of tar (over, across) +‎ a (his, her, its, their)

Pronunciation

Determiner

dara (triggers lenition in the meaning his, its, h-prothesis in the meaning her, and nasalization in the meaning their)

  1. over/across his/her/its/their

Old Javanese

Other scripts
Carakan ꦢꦫ
Roman dara

Pronunciation

Noun

dara

  1. Alternative spelling of darā (pigeon; dove)

References

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish طاره (dara).

Noun

dara f (plural darale)

  1. tare (empty weight of a container)

Declension

Scottish Gaelic

Scottish Gaelic numbers (edit)
20
 ←  1 2 3  → [a], [b], [c]
    Cardinal:
    Standalone: a dhà
    Ordinal: dàrna, dara
    Ordinal abbreviation: 2na, 2ra
    Personal: dithis
    Multiplier: dà-fhillte, dùbailte
    Fractional: leth

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish indala, from ind (the) + aile (second, other), from Proto-Celtic *alyos (compare Welsh ail), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos (compare Latin alius, Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌹𐍃 (aljis)).

Pronunciation

Numeral

dara

  1. second

Derived terms

Related terms

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

dara (Cyrillic spelling дара)

  1. genitive singular of dar

Shelta

Etymology

Reversed and modified from the Irish arán.

Noun

dara

  1. bread

References

  • Language in Danger Andrew Dalby, 2003

Swahili

Pronunciation

Verb

-dara (infinitive kudara)

  1. to touch

Conjugation

Conjugation of -dara
Positive present -nadara
Subjunctive -dare
Negative -dari
Imperative singular dara
Infinitives
Positive kudara
Negative kutodara
Imperatives
Singular dara
Plural dareni
Tensed forms
Habitual hudara
Positive past positive subject concord + -lidara
Negative past negative subject concord + -kudara
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nadara)
Singular Plural
1st person ninadara/nadara tunadara
2nd person unadara mnadara
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anadara wanadara
other classes positive subject concord + -nadara
Negative present (negative subject concord + -dari)
Singular Plural
1st person sidari hatudari
2nd person hudari hamdari
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hadari hawadari
other classes negative subject concord + -dari
Positive future positive subject concord + -tadara
Negative future negative subject concord + -tadara
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -dare)
Singular Plural
1st person nidare tudare
2nd person udare mdare
3rd person m-wa(I/II) adare wadare
other classes positive subject concord + -dare
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sidare
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngedara
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singedara
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalidara
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalidara
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -adara)
Singular Plural
1st person nadara twadara
2nd person wadara mwadara
3rd person m-wa(I/II) adara wadara
m-mi(III/IV) wadara yadara
ji-ma(V/VI) ladara yadara
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chadara vyadara
n(IX/X) yadara zadara
u(XI) wadara see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwadara
pa(XVI) padara
mu(XVIII) mwadara
Perfect positive subject concord + -medara
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshadara
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jadara
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kidara
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipodara
Consecutive kadara / positive subject concord + -kadara
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kadare
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nidara -tudara
2nd person -kudara -wadara/-kudareni/-wadareni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mdara -wadara
m-mi(III/IV) -udara -idara
ji-ma(V/VI) -lidara -yadara
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kidara -vidara
n(IX/X) -idara -zidara
u(XI) -udara see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kudara
pa(XVI) -padara
mu(XVIII) -mudara
Reflexive -jidara
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -dara- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -daraye -darao
m-mi(III/IV) -darao -darayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -daralo -darayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -daracho -daravyo
n(IX/X) -darayo -darazo
u(XI) -darao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -darako
pa(XVI) -darapo
mu(XVIII) -daramo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -dara)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yedara -odara
m-mi(III/IV) -odara -yodara
ji-ma(V/VI) -lodara -yodara
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chodara -vyodara
n(IX/X) -yodara -zodara
u(XI) -odara see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kodara
pa(XVI) -podara
mu(XVIII) -modara
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: da‧ra
  • IPA(key): /daˈɾa/,

Noun

dará (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜇ)

  1. angry shout (usually accompanied with the stamping of feet)
  2. (obsolete) act of speaking a lot
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: da‧ra
  • IPA(key): /ˈdaɾaʔ/,

Noun

darà (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜇ) (obsolete)

  1. argument through words
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: da‧ra
  • IPA(key): /ˈdaɾa/,

Noun

dara (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜇ) (obsolete)

  1. rushing someone by yelling
Derived terms

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: da‧ra
  • IPA(key): /daˈɾaʔ/,

Noun

darâ (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜇ) (obsolete)

  1. name of the Baybayin letter , corresponding to "da" or "ra"

See also

Further reading

  • dara”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves (in Spanish & Tagalog), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
  • San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila
    • page 211: “D) Dara (pc) anſi llaman eſtos D .|. dara yaon .|. . Confunden la en la pronunciaçion q̃ ni ſe ſabe ſi es .d. o ſi es .r. y en la eſcritura eſpañola ya la escriuen con .d. ya con .r. la regla ſea q̃ ſi la raiz tiene dos .rr. la primera ſea .d. y la ſegunda .r. vi. darang, d.r, diril, durug . &c.”
    • page 526: “Reñir) Dara (pp) de palabra ſin manos”
    • page 532: “Riña) Dara (pp) de palabra de manos”

Taroko

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *daʀaq.

Noun

dara

  1. blood
  2. menstrual blood

Turkish

Noun

dara (definite accusative darayı, plural daralar)

  1. tare

Wanyi

Noun

dara

  1. dog
    daramukunuthere are many dogs around

References

  • Mary Laughren, Rob Pensalfini, Tom Mylne, Accounting for verb-initial order in an Australian language, in Verb First: On the syntax of verb-initial languages (2005)

Wolof

Pronunciation

Noun

dara

  1. nothing

Yoruba

Etymology 1

From (to be good) +‎ ara (body).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

dára

  1. to be good, fine, fair
    dára kí a máa gbàgbé àṣà wa.It's not good for us to forget our culture.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From (to create) +‎ àrà (marvel; wonder)

Pronunciation

Verb

dárà

  1. to perform tricks
  2. to embellish; to decorate
    Tẹ́lẹ̀, mo máa ń dárà sí ilé.Before, I used to decorate homes.