देर

See also: दूर and द्रु

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دیر (dēr), from Old Persian 𐎭𐎼𐎥 (darga), from Proto-Iranian *dr̥Hgáh (compare Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬔𐬀 (dar^əga, “long”)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dr̥Hgʰás (compare Sanskrit दीर्घ (dīrghá)), from Proto-Indo-European *dl̥h₁gʰós (compare Latin longus, Old Church Slavonic дльгъ (dlĭgŭ)). Doublet of दीर्घ (dīrgh).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d̪eːɾ/

Noun

देर • (der) f (Urdu spelling دیر)

1. period of time; a while

   कुछ देर के बाद, मैं घर चला गया।

   kuch der ke bād, ma͠i ghar calā gayā.

   After a while, I went home.

2. delay, hold-up (also देरी (derī))

   मुझे कार्यालय में थोड़ी सी देर हो गई।

   mujhe kāryālay mẽ thoṛī sī der ho gaī.

   I was slightly delayed in the office.

   देर आये दुरुस्त आये। (proverb) ― der āye durust āye. ― Better late than never.

Usage notes

• देर (der) can be considered an adverb in the same sense as it is considered an adjective (see देर से (der se)).

Declension

Declension of देर (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	देर der	देरें derẽ
oblique	देर der	देरों derõ
vocative	देर der	देरो dero

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “देर”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “देर”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Konkani

Etymology

From Sanskrit देवर (devara).

Noun

देर • (dēr) (Latin script der, Kannada script ದೇರ್)

1. a woman's brother-in-law

Declension

Declension of देर
	singular	plural
ergative	देरान (derān)	देरान्नि (derānni)
nominative	देर (der)	देरा (derā)
vocative	देरा (derā)	देरान्नो (derānno)
accusative/dative	देराक (derāk)	देरांक (derānk)
superessive	देरार/देराचेर (derār/derācer)	देरान्चेर (derāncer)
instrumental	देरानि (derāni)	देरान्नि (derānni)
ablative	देरात्ल्यान (derātlyān)	देरान्त्ल्यान (derāntlyān)

Genitive declension of देर
	masculine object		feminine object
	singular	plural	singular	plural
singular subject	देराचो (derātso)	देराचे (derāce)	देराचि (derāci)	देराचि (derāci)
plural subject	देरान्चो (derāntso)	देरान्चे (derānce)	देरान्चि (derānci)	देरान्चि (derānci)