دردار

Arabic

دَرْدَار – Ulmus minor

دَرْدَار – Fraxinus angustifolia

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܕܕܪܐ (daddārā, “elm, oak”), from Middle Persian dʾl (/⁠dār⁠/, “tree, gallows; wood”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”); cognate with Persian دردار (dardâr, “elm”).

False cognate with Akkadian 𒌑𒁕𒁕𒊒 (/⁠daddaru⁠/, “a thorny plant, thistle; ill tasting or smelling plant”), Hebrew דַּרְדַר (dardar, “thistle”), Aramaic דַּרְדָּרָא (dardārā, “thistle”), Classical Syriac ܕܪܕܪܐ (dardərā, “thistle”), Arabic دَرْدَر (dardar, “thistle”), Ge'ez ደንደር (dändär, “thistle”), Amharic ደንደር (dändär, “thistle”); ultimately from Proto-Semitic *drr (“to give difficulty, to be too hard to handle, to be uneasy or unpleasant, to be overwhelming”)

Noun

دَرْدَار or دِرْدَار • (dardār or dirdār) m

1. elm (Ulmus gen. et spp.)

   Synonym: شَجَرة البَقّ (šajara al-baqq)

2. ash (Fraxinus spp.)

   Synonym: مُرَّان (murrān)

Declension

Declension of noun دَرْدَار (dardār)‎; دِرْدَار (dirdār)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَرْدَار‎; دِرْدَار dardār‎; dirdār	الدَّرْدَار‎; الدِّرْدَار ad-dardār‎; ad-dirdār	دَرْدَار‎; دِرْدَار dardār‎; dirdār
Nominative	دَرْدَارٌ‎; دِرْدَارٌ dardārun‎; dirdārun	الدَّرْدَارُ‎; الدِّرْدَارُ ad-dardāru‎; ad-dirdāru	دَرْدَارُ‎; دِرْدَارُ dardāru‎; dirdāru
Accusative	دَرْدَارًا‎; دِرْدَارًا dardāran‎; dirdāran	الدَّرْدَارَ‎; الدِّرْدَارَ ad-dardāra‎; ad-dirdāra	دَرْدَارَ‎; دِرْدَارَ dardāra‎; dirdāra
Genitive	دَرْدَارٍ‎; دِرْدَارٍ dardārin‎; dirdārin	الدَّرْدَارِ‎; الدِّرْدَارِ ad-dardāri‎; ad-dirdāri	دَرْدَارِ‎; دِرْدَارِ dardāri‎; dirdāri

References

• دردار on the Arabic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ar
• “ddr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• “drdr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “دردار”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 432
• Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 136
• Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎^[2] (in German), volume 3, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 417–419
• Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎^[3] (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 286
• Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden‎^[4] (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 404–407
• Neishtadt, Mila (2015) “The Lexical Component in the Aramaic Substrate of Palestinian Arabic”, in Aaron Michael Butts, editor, Semitic Languages in Contact (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics; 82), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 305–309

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South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic דַּרְדָּרָא (dardārā), ܕܪܕܪܐ (dardarā, “thistle”).

Noun

دردار • (durdār)

1. yellow starthistle (Centaurea pallescens)

   Synonyms: مرار (murrār), مرير (murrēr)

References

• “drdr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden‎^[5] (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 404–407
• Neishtadt, Mila (2015) “The Lexical Component in the Aramaic Substrate of Palestinian Arabic”, in Aaron Michael Butts, editor, Semitic Languages in Contact (Studies in Semitic Languages and Linguistics; 82), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 305–309