Talk:Dara

message: I have just had a(nother) go at untangling a pretty confused story. There is clearly no close connection between (1) the Irish and (2) the Hebrew and (3) the Khmer versions of the name, and the recently introduced idea (now deleted) that there is a "most accepted" meaning is obvious nonsense, in that context. Let's try and keep the different Daras separate! Snalwibma 19:18, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untangling the various meanings

message: I'm a Dara, and my mom told me that it's also some derivation of African for "Beautiful." Can anyone verify this? Also, may we have a list of famous Daras, such as Dara Torres? Cool :) Hamstergirl591 20:42, 23 July 2008
:Hi Dara/Hamstergirl - Not sure about that meaning. Can you find a source for it? if so, please add it to the article. The list of Daras is at Dara (disambiguation). Not sure if that's the best way to do it. Maybe the list should be moved here - but anyway, for the moment, I have added Dara Torres to the list there, and amended the note at the top of Dara in an attempt to make it clearer. SNALWIBMA ( talk - contribs ) 07:24, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Beautiful?

message: in chinese, dara means virgin  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.51.39.252 (talk) 20:52, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Virgin 

message: The page intro only focuses on the Indian origin.  This seems inappropriate - the intro is better suited as a summary of the information in the rest of the article, and the rest of the article does not even mention the Indian origin.
The Indian name should be added to the body of the article, and the intro should be reworded to focus on the fact that the name has multiple origins.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by KaJunl (talk • contribs) 20:15, 13 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Intro section 

message: As a speaker of Hebrew, I have never used the word Dara to mean anything other than "she dwelled". I have been unable to find any uses of the word as described online. I don't think the meanings given in this article are correct.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 23.30.243.209 (talk) 18:01, 22 December 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hebrew name meaning 

message: I'm a Persian and a native speaker, and I really don't think when I'm reading about Dara on WIKI , specially on a page where the topic is with regards to the 'name' itself, the doll Sara and Dara should be referenced. 
I do know that those dolls are famous but they are not why the name Dara or even Sara for that matter are famous. I know that Dara might not be a super famous name, but as an example to what I mean, just imagine referring to the Dolls on the Sarah page under Persian name references. 
The editor/contributor might have been a girl or a millennial kid... but this reference to the dolls are not doing justice to the historic name of Dara! Please remove this reference and at least refer to Shahnameh where the name Dara is more famously mentioned. Saying Dara in Persian is associated with the trade mark name of a line of products is like saying you have never heard of Shahname! What's next? Now Dara Khosrowshahi is why the name Dara is famous!?--Rezasanat (talk) 14:58, 1 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Persian Reference 

message: I am minded to remove all unreferenced entries from this section - it's becoming unwieldy, and I don't believe most of them. Any comments? Langcliffe (talk) 16:18, 4 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Languages/Meanings 

message: This page is a mess. The grammar is poor, its purpose is unclear, it lacks sources, and it is cluttered.
Should this page be a name list or an article on the names etymology, meaning and use? There is already a name list on the disambiguation page. 2A01:B340:80:C11:4431:15AC:845C:80C7 (talk) 16:19, 12 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clean up