# दार
## Doteli
### Etymology

From Sanskrit द्वार (dvāra).

### Noun

दार (dār)
* door

## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit दार (dāra).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /d̪ɑːɾ/, [d̪äːɾ]

### Noun

दार • (dār) f
* wife

#### Declension
## Konkani
### Etymology

From Maharastri Prakrit 𑀤𑀸𑀭 (dāra), from Sanskrit द्वार (dvāra). Cognate with Marathi दार (dār).

### Noun

दार • (dār) n (Latin script dar, Kannada script ದಾರ್)
* door

## Marathi
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘟𑘰𑘨 (dāra), 𑘟𑘰𑘨𑘹𑘽 (dāreṃ), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀤𑀸𑀭 (dāra), from Sanskrit द्वार (dvāra), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *dwā́ram, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰwā́ram, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰworom (“enclosure, courtyard, i.e. something enclosed by the door”), accusative of *dʰwer-. Doublet of द्वार (dvār). Cognate with Konkani दार (dār).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /d̪aɾ/

### Noun

दार • (dār) n
* door, gate
    Synonyms: दरवाजा (darvājā), द्वार (dvār)

#### Declension
### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “दार”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “दार”, 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) “दार”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dvāˊra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* dāra (Latin script)
* 𑀤𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
* দার (Bengali script)
* දාර (Sinhalese script)
* ဒါရ or ၻႃရ (Burmese script)
* ทาร or ทาระ (Thai script)
* ᨴᩤᩁ (Tai Tham script)
* ທາຣ or ທາຣະ (Lao script)
* ទារ (Khmer script)
* 𑄘𑄂𑄢 (Chakma script)

### Noun

दार m
* Devanagari script form of dāra (“wife”)

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* দাৰ (Assamese script)
* ᬤᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
* দার (Bengali script)
* 𑰟𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀤𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
* ဒါရ (Burmese script)
* દાર (Gujarati script)
* ਦਾਰ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌦𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
* ꦢꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
* 𑂠𑂰𑂩 (Kaithi script)
* ದಾರ (Kannada script)
* ទារ (Khmer script)
* ທາຣ (Lao script)
* ദാര (Malayalam script)
* ᡩᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘟𑘰𑘨 (Modi script)
* ᢑᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦿𑧑𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐡𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
* ଦାର (Odia script)
* ꢣꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆢𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
* 𑖟𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
* දාර (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩭𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚛𑚭𑚤 (Takri script)
* த³ார (Tamil script)
* దార (Telugu script)
* ทาร (Thai script)
* དཱ་ར (Tibetan script)
* 𑒠𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨛𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /dɑː.ɾɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈd̪ɑː.ɾɐ/

### Etymology 1

Unknown. Compare द्वार् (dvār), द्वार (dvāra, “door”), perhaps relating "wife" to "home".

#### Noun

दार • (dāra) stem, m
* wife

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

From the root दॄ (dṝ).

#### Noun

दार • (dāra) stem, m
* rent, cleft, hole

##### Declension
#### Adjective

दार • (dāra) stem
* tearing up, rending

##### Declension
### References

* ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001) “dāra-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 720

### Further reading

* Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “dāra”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.