# դար
## Armenian
### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /dɑɾ/, [dɑɾ]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /tɑɾ/, [tʰɑɾ]
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### Etymology 1

From Old Armenian դար (dar).

#### Noun

դար • (dar)
* century, 100 years
* age, epoch
    միջին դարեր ― miǰin darer ― Middle Ages
    քարի դար ― kʻari dar ― Stone Age

##### Declension

Dative singular դարու (daru) and ablative singular դարուց (darucʻ) are archaic.

##### Derived terms

* դդ. (dd.)

### Etymology 2

From Old Armenian դար (dar).

#### Noun

դար • (dar)
* hill, hillock, knoll

##### Declension
## Old Armenian
### Etymology 1

A Semitic borrowing: compare Akkadian 𒁕𒅈 (dār, “continually, ever, forever; era, eternity, time, century”), Ugaritic 𐎄𐎗 (dr, “cycle, generation”), Aramaic דָּרָא (dārā), Classical Syriac ܕܪܐ (dārā, “age, century”).

#### Noun

դար • (dar)
* age, long period of time of 100, 1000 or unspecified number of years
    ոսկի, ոսկեղինիկ դար ― oski, oskełinik dar ― the Golden Age
    միջին դար ― miǰin dar ― the Middle Ages
    ի մերում դարու ― i merum daru ― in our times
    դարուց ի դարս ― darucʻ i dars ― from age to age, for ever and ever
* generation

##### Derived terms

* դարագլուխ (daraglux)
* դարագրութիւն (daragrutʻiwn)
* եօթնդարեան (eōtʻndarean)
* վեցդարեան (vecʻdarean)

##### Descendants

* Armenian: դար (dar)
* → Cappadocian Greek: ταρός (tarós)
* →? Georgian: დარი (dari)

#### Further reading

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “դար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 631
* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “դար”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 22
* J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 477
* Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 931
* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “դար”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from an Iranian descendant of Proto-Iranian *dā́raH, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerh₃-: compare Avestan 𐬛𐬁𐬭𐬁 (dārā, “cutting edge, blade”), Sanskrit धारा (dhā́rā, “edge, blade”), Pashto لور (lor, “side, direction”).

#### Noun

դար • (dar)
* brink, steep place
** height, hill, eminence, precipice
    Synonym: բարձրաւանդակ (barjrawandak)
** headland, promontory, cape
    Synonym: հրուանդան (hruandan)
** bank
    դարիւ եւ դարիւ գալ ― dariw ew dariw gal ― to come, to flow in many waves or surges

##### Derived terms

* դարալիր (daralir)
* դարակ (darak)
* դարահոս (darahos)
* դարաճակատ (daračakat)
* դարավէժ (daravēž)
* դարաւանդ (darawand)
* դարափլակ (darapʻlak)
* դարափն (darapʻn)
* դարափոս (darapʻos)
* դարափոր (darapʻor)
* դարափուլ (darapʻul)
* դարոտն (darotn)
* դարուփոս (darupʻos)

##### Descendants

* Armenian: դար (dar)
* → Udi: дар (dar), дардар (dardar)

#### Further reading

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “դար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 631–632
* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “դար”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* Bolognesi, Giancarlo (1962) “Rapporti lessicali tra l’armeno e l’iranico [Lexical relations between Armenian and Iranian]”, in Istituto Lombardo di Scienze e Lettere, Rendiconti, Classe di lettere e scienze morali e storiche (in Italian), volume 96, Milan, pages 253–255
* Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 876
* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “դար”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy