دارو
Chagatai
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian دارو (dâru, “medicine, drug, gunpowder”), itself derived from Middle Persian dʾlwkˈ (dārūg, “drug, medicament”).
Noun
دارو (dārū) (plural دارولار)
Pashto
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian دارو (dārū, “medicine, drug, gunpowder”), itself derived from Middle Persian dʾlwkˈ (dārūg, “drug, medicament”). The sense of "alcohol" is semantically influenced by Hindustani.
Pronunciation
Noun
دارو • (dârû) m
Declension
Synonyms
- درمل (darmal)
Persian
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (dʾlwkˈ /dārūg/, “drug, medicament”), perhaps from Proto-Iranian *dā́rukah (“tree, wood”). Compare Parthian 𐫅𐫀𐫓𐫇𐫃 (dʾlwg /dālūg/, “plant, tree”). Unrelated to English drug.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [dɑː.ˈɾuː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [d̪ɒː.ɹúː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [d̪ɔ.ɾú]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | dārū |
Dari reading? | dārū |
Iranian reading? | dâru |
Tajik reading? | doru |
Noun
Dari | دارو |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | дору |
دارو • (dâru) (plural داروها (dâru-hâ))
Derived terms
- دارویی / داروئی (dâruyi)
- داروخانه (dâruxâne)
- داروساز (dârusâz)
- داروسازی (dârusâzi)
Descendants
- → Kazakh: дәрі (därı), дәру (däru)
- → Kyrgyz: дары (darı)
- → Bengali: দারু (daru)
- → Chakma: 𑄘𑄢𑄪 (dāru)
- → Gujarati: દારૂ (dārū)
- → Hindustani:
- → Marathi: दारू (dārū)
- → Odia: ଦାରୁ (dāru)
- → Pashto: دارو (dârû)
References
- ^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2003) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 359
Further reading
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “دارو”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
Urdu
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Classical Persian دارو (dārū, “medicine, drug, gunpowder”), itself derived from Middle Persian dʾlwkˈ (dārūg, “drug, medicament”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /d̪ɑː.ɾuː/
Noun
دارو • (dārū) f (Hindi spelling दारू)
Etymology 2
From Sanskrit दारु (dāru), from Sanskrit root दृ (dṛ). Cognate with Ancient Greek δρῦς (drûs), Old Persian 𐎭𐎠𐎽𐎢𐎺 (d-a-ru-u-v /dāruv/), Old English trēow (whence English tree).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /d̪ɑː.ɾuː/
Noun
- Chagatai terms borrowed from Classical Persian
- Chagatai terms derived from Classical Persian
- Chagatai terms derived from Middle Persian
- Chagatai lemmas
- Chagatai nouns
- Pashto terms borrowed from Classical Persian
- Pashto terms derived from Classical Persian
- Pashto terms derived from Middle Persian
- Pashto terms with IPA pronunciation
- Pashto lemmas
- Pashto nouns
- Pashto masculine nouns
- Pashto slang
- Pashto terms with rare senses
- Persian terms inherited from Middle Persian
- Persian terms derived from Middle Persian
- Persian terms inherited from Proto-Iranian
- Persian terms derived from Proto-Iranian
- Persian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Persian terms with audio links
- Persian lemmas
- Persian nouns
- Persian terms with usage examples
- Urdu terms borrowed from Classical Persian
- Urdu terms derived from Classical Persian
- Urdu terms derived from Middle Persian
- Urdu terms with IPA pronunciation
- Urdu lemmas
- Urdu nouns
- Urdu feminine nouns
- Urdu terms derived from Sanskrit
- Urdu masculine nouns