# द्रा
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* দ্ৰা (Assamese script)
* ᬤ᭄ᬭᬵ (Balinese script)
* দ্রা (Bengali script)
* 𑰟𑰿𑰨𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀤𑁆𑀭𑀸 (Brahmi script)
* ဒြာ (Burmese script)
* દ્રા (Gujarati script)
* ਦ੍ਰਾ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌦𑍍𑌰𑌾 (Grantha script)
* ꦢꦿꦴ (Javanese script)
* 𑂠𑂹𑂩𑂰 (Kaithi script)
* ದ್ರಾ (Kannada script)
* ទ្រា (Khmer script)
* ທ຺ຣາ (Lao script)
* ദ്രാ (Malayalam script)
* ᡩᡵᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
* 𑘟𑘿𑘨𑘰 (Modi script)
* ᢑᠷᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦿𑧠𑧈𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐡𑑂𑐬𑐵 (Newa script)
* ଦ୍ରା (Odia script)
* ꢣ꣄ꢬꢵ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆢𑇀𑆫𑆳 (Sharada script)
* 𑖟𑖿𑖨𑖯 (Siddham script)
* ද්‍රා (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩭 𑪙𑩼𑩛 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚛𑚶𑚤𑚭 (Takri script)
* த்³ரா (Tamil script)
* ద్రా (Telugu script)
* ทฺรา (Thai script)
* དྲཱ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒠𑓂𑒩𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨛𑩇𑨫𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /dɾɑː/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /d̪ɾɑː/

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *dreh₂- (“to run”); compare Ancient Greek αποδιδράσκω (apodidráskō, “to depart secretly, escape”), as well as Proto-Germanic *trudaną (“to tread”).

#### Root

द्रा • (drā)
* to run, make haste

##### Derived terms

* द्राति (drāti, “run”)
* दरिद्र (daridra, “running hither and thither, in need or poor”)
* द्राक् (drāk, “quickly, speedily”)

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *dreh₂- (“to sleep”), variant of *drem-; compare Latin dormiō (“to sleep”).

#### Root

द्रा • (drā)
* to sleep

##### Derived terms
###### Primary Verbal Forms

* द्राति (drā́ti, Present)
* द्रायति (drāyati, Present)
* द्रास्यति (drāsyáti, Future)
* अद्रासीत् (adrāsīt, Aorist)
* दद्रौ (dadrau, Perfect)

###### Secondary Forms

* दिद्रासति (didrāsati, Desiderative)

###### Non-Finite Forms

* द्राण (drāṇa, Past Participle)

###### Derived Nominal Forms

* निद्रा (nidrā́)

###### Prefixed Root Forms

* निद्रा (nidrā)

### References

* ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “DRĀ¹”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 757
* ↑ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*tredan- ~ *trudan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 521
* ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “DRĀ²”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 757-8

### Further reading

* Monier Williams (1899) “द्रा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 501/2, 502/3.
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “द्रा”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
* William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 79
* Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “द्रा”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016
* Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University
* Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 398
* Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 128
* Pokorny, Julius (1959) “204”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 204