در

Arabic

Etymology

From the root د ر ر (IPA: /d-r-r/) (Other: d-r-r).

Verb

دَرَّ • (dárra) perfect — Verb form I

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

Noun

دَرّ‎ • (darr) m

1. milk, lactation
2. achievement, accomplishment

Noun

دُرّ • (durr) m (collective)

1. (colloquial) pearls

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Kurdish

Etymology

From Armenian դար (dar, “high place, precipice”).

Noun

در (der)

1. side of a mountain

References

• “در” in Ferdinand Justi (1879), Dictionnaire Kurde-Français (St. Pétersbourg: L'Académie Impériale des Sciences)
• “դար” in Hračʿeay Ačaṙean (1926–35), Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (Yerevan: Yerevan State University), 2nd ed., 1971–79

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Pashto

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dar/

Pronoun

در (dar)

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

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Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian 𐭡𐭩𐭭 (andar, “in, among, towards, concerning”), from Old Persian 𐎠𐎫𐎼 (atar, “among, within”).

Alternative forms

• (archaic) اندر (andar)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dæɾ/

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Preposition

Dari	در‍
Iranian Persian	در‍
Tajik	‍дар‍

در (dar)

1. at

   در خانه — at home

2. in

   در کیف — in bag

3. within, among
4. to

Synonyms

• (informal) تو (tu)
• (in): داخل (dâxel-e), داخل (darun-e)

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian 𐭡𐭡𐭠 (dar, “gate, court, palace”), from Old Persian 𐎯𐎺𐎼𐎹𐎠 (duvar-, “door, gate”), from Proto-Iranian (compare Kurdish derî, Ossetian дуар (duar), Avestan dvarǝm), from Proto-Indo-Iranian (compare Sanskrit द्वार (dvā́ra), Hindustani द्वार (dvār) / دوار (dvār)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (“gate, door”). Other cognates include English door, German Tür, Armenian դուռ (duṙ), Irish doras and Russian дверь (dver’).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dæɾ/

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Noun

Dari	در‍
Iranian Persian	در‍
Tajik	‍дар‍

در • (dar), plural درها (dar-hâ)

1. door
2. (now rare) court

Derived terms

• دری (Dari)
• دربار (darbâr)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA: /deɾ/

Verb

در (der)

1. (dialectal, Mashhad) present stem form of دیشتن.

   حالا کم کم می‌بینُم کار دِرَه بالا می‌گیرِه.

   Hâlâ kam kam mibinom kâr dera bâlâ migire.

References

• در in Francis Joseph Steingass (1892), A Comprehensive Persian-English dictionary (London: Routledge & K. Paul)