# دار
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

Derived from the active participle of the verb دَرَّ (darra, “to flow copiously”).

#### Adjective

دَارّ • (dārr) (feminine دَارَّة (dārra), masculine plural دَارُّونَ (dārrūna), feminine plural دَارَّات (dārrāt))
* flowing copiously
* productive, rich, lucrative
* profitable

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

The noun originally referred to the buildings surrounding a court. Cognate with Akkadian 𒂦 (dūrum, “city wall”) and Biblical Hebrew דּוּר (dûr, “to move in a circle”), דָּר (dār, “to dwell”) and דּוֹר (dôr, “habitation”).

#### Pronunciation 1

IPA: /daːr/

#### Verb

دَارَ • (dāra) I (non-past يَدُورُ (yadūru), verbal noun دَوْر (dawr) or دَوَرَان (dawarān))
* to turn, to revolve, to rotate
    تَدُورُ ٱلْأَرْضُ حَوْلَ ٱلشَّمْسِ.tadūru l-ʔarḍu ḥawla š-šamsi.The Earth revolves around the Sun.
* to go around, to circulate
* to go around, to move around

##### Conjugation
#### Pronunciation 2

* IPA: /daːr/

#### Noun

دَار • (dār) f (plural دُور (dūr) or دِيَار (diyār) or دِيَارَات (diyārāt) or دِيَرَة (diyara))
* house
* building, structure, edifice
* land, country

##### Declension
### References

* Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “دار”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎ (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 470–471
* Freytag, Georg (1833) “دار”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎ (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 69
* Lane, Edward William (1863) “دار”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, page 930
* Shapira, Dan D. Y. (2009) “Irano-Arabica: contamination and popular etymology. Notes on the Persian and Arabic lexicons (with references to Aramaic, Hebrew and Turkic)”, in Христианский Восток – Новая Серия, volume 5 (XI), Moscow: Издательство Российской Академии Наук и Государственного Эрмитажа, page 172, with the exaggerated claim of دَار (dār, “house”) being an Aramaic loan-word
* Wehr, Hans (1979) “دار”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, pages 343–344

## Bakhtiari
### Etymology

From Middle Persian dār, from Old Persian 𐎭𐎠𐎽𐎢𐎺 (d-a-ru-u-v /⁠dāruv⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *dā́ru. Cognate with Persian دار, Laki دار (dar), Central Kurdish دار (dar), Northern Kurdish dar, Tat dar, Talysh do, Mazanderani دار, Baluchi دار.

### Noun

دار (daar)
* tree

### References

* ↑ Mackenzie, D.N. (1986). A Concise Pahlavi Dictionary.

## Baluchi
### Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *dā́ru, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dāru, from Proto-Indo-European *dóru.

### Noun

دار • (dár)
* wood
* stick

## Central Kurdish
### Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *dā́ru, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dā́ru, from Proto-Indo-European *dóru.

### Noun

دار (dar)
* tree
* wood (substance, timber)
* stick, staff, rod

## Mazanderani
### Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *dā́ru, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dāru, from Proto-Indo-European *dóru.

### Noun

دار (dâr)
* tree

## Moroccan Arabic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /daːr/

### Etymology 1

From Arabic أَدَارَ (ʔadāra, “to manage, to operate”).

#### Verb

دار • (dār) I (non-past يدير (ydīr))
* to do
    Synonym: عمل (ʕmal)

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

From Arabic دَارَ (dāra).

#### Verb

دار • (dār) I (non-past يدور (ydūr))
* to turn
* to go around
* to rotate

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 3

From Arabic دَار (dār).

#### Noun

دار • (dār) f (plural ديور (dyūr) or ديورة (dyūra), diminutive دويرة (dwīra))
* house
* family, folks
    قلت للدار باللي ما جايش للمغرب هاد راس العام.qult l-ed-dār belli ma jāyši l-el-maḡrib hād rās el-ʕāmI told my family I won't be coming to Morocco at the end of the year.

## North Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic دار (dār, “house”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /daːr/

### Noun

دار • (dār) m
* living-room
    تفضل، قاعدين سوا بالدار.tfaḍḍal, ʾāʿdīn sawa bi-d-dārCome in, we’re all sitting in the living-room.

## Persian
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [dɑːɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [d̪ɑːɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [d̪ɑːɾ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [d̪ɑːɾ]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [d̪ɔːɾ]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [d̪ɒːɹ]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [d̪ɔɾ]
* Rhymes: -ɑːr

### Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [script needed] (dʾl, “tree, gallows; wood”), from Old Persian 𐎭𐎠𐎽𐎢𐎺 (d-a-ru-u-v /⁠dāruv⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *dā́ru, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dāru, from Proto-Indo-European *dóru.

#### Noun

دار • (dâr)
* tree
* gallows
* wood

##### Derived terms

* دار زدن (dâr zadan)
* دار و درخت (dâr-o-deraxt)
* دارچین (dârčin)
* دارکوب (dârkub)

#### References

* MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “dār”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 24

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic دَار (dār).

#### Noun

دار • (dâr)
* house
* seat

#### Further reading

* Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “دار”, in New Persian–English dictionary, volume 1, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim, page 780
* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “دار”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

دار • (dâr)
* present stem of داشتن (dâštan, “to have”)

## South Levantine Arabic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /daːr/, [dɑːr]
* Audio (Amman):(file)

### Etymology 1

From Arabic دَارَ (dāra).

#### Verb

دار • (dār) I (present بدور (bidūr), active participle داير (dāyer))
* (intransitive) to revolve, to turn
* to roam, to travel around, to wander about

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

From Arabic أَدَارَ (ʔadāra).

#### Alternative forms

* أدار (ʔadār)

#### Verb

دار • (dār) I (present بدير (bidīr))
* (transitive) to turn, to direct (toward)
* to administer, to manage, to run
* to pour out
    ديرلي شاي! ― dīr-li šay ― Pour me out some tea!

##### See also

* دار باله (dār bālo, “to be careful”)

### Etymology 3

From Arabic دَار (dār).

#### Noun

دار • (dār) f (plural دور (dūr))
* house, home
    Synonym: بيت (bēt)

## Urdu
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /d̪ɑːɾ/

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian ـدار (-dār).

#### Suffix

ـدار • (-dār) (Hindi spelling -दार)
* having, possessing, holding

##### Examples

* سمجھ دار (samajh-dār)
* طرف دار (taraf-dār)
* محلہ دار (mohalle-dār)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian دار (dār).

#### Noun

دار • (dār) m (Hindi spelling दार)
* wood
* gallows

##### Declension
### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Arabic دَار (dār).

#### Noun

دار • (dār) m (Hindi spelling दार)
* house
* seat

##### Declension
### References

* “دار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
* Platts, John T. (1884) “دار”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
* “دار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.

## Ushojo
### Noun

دار (dār)
* a sloping place on a mountain