The corpus record — Sanskrit

dārān

Hure

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Where it lives

Taittiriya Upanisad 1 · 1.89/10k

What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. dära-

dära- ım. (Sg. und Pi.) Ehefrau (Sü +), dürä- f. dss. (AVP [L. Renou, Väk 5 (1957) 87] +); därikä- f. Mädchen, Tochter (KL; Lex. ‘Hure’); daraus retrograd däraka- m. Junge, Kind, Sohn (ep. +). - Mi., nu., ni., pä. dära- m., dära- f. Ehefrau, darikaf. Mädchen, däraka- m. Junge, kati dari verheiratet, guj. dar f. Ehefrau, usw. (Tu 6293f., TuAdd 6294). - Nicht sicher erklärt. Das Maskulinum 4° ist wohl (trotz früher … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. dära-, p. 773]

2. دَرَ

dara mfn. ( Pāṇ. iii, 3, 58 ) (√ dṝ) ifc. , cleaving, breaking See puraṃdara, bhagaṃ

3. dāra

1. dāra mf(ī)n. (√ dṝ) tearing up, rending ( cf. bhū)

4. dāra

2. dāra m. pl. (probably not connected with 1. dāra and √ dṝ, but cf. Pāṇ. iii, 3, 20 , Vārtt. 4) a wife (wives), GṛS. ; Mn. ; MBh. &c. (ānkṛ or prakṛ, take to wife, marry, MBh. ; cf. kṛta)

In the wild

dārān Taittiriya Upanisad TaittU_1,12.1

Where it came from

Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. dara (vol. 3, scan p. 690; entry #9054).

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