दारू

See also: दार, दारु, and -दार

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دارو (dārū), from Middle Persian [script needed] (dʾlwkˈ /⁠dārūg⁠/, “drug, medicament”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪ɑː.ɾuː/, [d̪äː.ɾuː]

Noun

दारू • (dārū) f (Urdu spelling دارو)

1. (colloquial) liquor (sometimes excluding wine); booze, piss

   Synonym: शराब (śarāb)

   दारू की दुकान ― dārū kī dukān ― liquor store

2. (obsolete) gunpowder

   Synonym: बारूद (bārūd)

3. (obsolete or rare) medicine

   दवा-दारू ― davā-dārū ― medicinal treatment (literally, “medicine and medicine”)

Declension

Declension of दारू (fem ū-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	दारू dārū	दारुएँ dāruẽ
oblique	दारू dārū	दारुओं dāruõ
vocative	दारू dārū	दारुओ dāruo

Descendants

• → Jarawa: daru (“alcohol”)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “दारू”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884), “दारू”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دارو (dārū), from Middle Persian [script needed] (dʾlwkˈ /⁠dārūg⁠/, “drug, medicament”). Compare Gujarati દારૂ (dārū), Punjabi ਦਾਰੂ (dārū) / دارو (dārū).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪a.ɾu/, [d̪a.ɾuː]

Noun

दारू • (dārū) f

1. any alcoholic drink, alcohol

   Synonym: मद्य (madya)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983), “दारू”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “दारू”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950), “दारू”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)