Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɑrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [dɑre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܕܪܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܕܪܐ)

1. generation, age, time, epoch
2. circle or revolution of the year
3. century, hundred years
4. (ecclesiastical) procession

Inflection

Descendants

• Old Armenian: դար ‎(dar)
  • Armenian: դար ‎(dar)

Etymology 2

From the root ܕ-ܪ-ܪ ‎(d-r-r) related to fighting.

Alternative forms

• ܕܐܪܐ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [darrɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [darre(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun

ܕܪܐ • ‎(transliteration needed) m ‎(plural ܕܪܐ)

1. wrestling, wrestling match
2. contest
3. striving, struggle
4. fight, combat
5. battle, war

Inflection

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dɑre(ʔ)]

Noun

ܕܪܐ • ‎(transliteration needed)

1. emphatic plural of ܕܪܬܐ

References

• “dr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2011-05-16
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, pp. 61b, 69b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 97a
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana; Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, p. 319b