دره

See also: درہ, درة, ذرة, ذرہ, and ذره

Khalaj

Noun

دَره (dara or dərə) (definite accusative دَره‌نی or دَره‌نؽ, plural دَره‌لَر or دَره‌لار)

  1. Arabic spelling of dara, dərə (valley, canyon)

Declension

Declension of دره
singular plural
nominative دره دره‌لار
genitive دره‌ݧ دره‌لارؽݧ
dative دره‌قا دره‌لارقا
definite accusative دره‌ݧ دره‌لارؽ
locative دره‌چا دره‌لارچا
ablative دره‌دا دره‌لاردا
instrumental دره‌لا دره‌لارلا
equative دره‌واره دره‌لارواره
Declension of دره
singular plural
nominative دره دره‌لَر
genitive دره‌ݧ دره‌لَریݧ
dative دره‌که دره‌لَرکه
definite accusative دره‌ݧ دره‌لَری
locative دره‌چه دره‌لَرچه
ablative دره‌ده دره‌لَرده
instrumental دره‌له دره‌لَرله
equative دره‌واره دره‌لَرواره

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian دَرَه (dara, valley; crack, fissure).

Noun

دره • (dere)

  1. valley, dale, vale
    Synonym: وادی (vadi)
  2. rivulet, brook
    Synonyms: جدول (cedvel), چای (çay)
  3. ravine, gorge, canyon, gully
    Synonyms: بوغاز (boğaz), حلق (halk)
Derived terms
  • بورغاج دره (burgac dere, sinuous valley)
  • دره اوتی (dere otu, dill)
  • دره بكی (dere beği, sort of lord)
  • دره تپه (dere tepe, steep and difficult)
  • طام دره‌سی (dam deresi, hollow between two slopes of a roof)
  • یابان دره اوتی (yaban dere otu, wild dill)
Descendants
  • Turkish: dere
  • Armenian: տէրէ (tērē), դա̈րա̈ (därä)

Further reading

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic دُرَّة (durra, single pearl).

Noun

دره • (dürre) (plural درر (dürer) or درات (dürrât))

  1. pearl-grain, a single bead made of pearl
Descendants

Further reading

Pashto

Noun

دره • (daráf

  1. valley
  2. gorge, ravine, mountain pass, canyon

References

  • دره”, in Pashto Dictionary, Peshawar, Pakistan: Pukhtoogle, 2020.
  • Pashtoon, Zeeya A. (2009), “دره”, in Pashto–English Dictionary, Hyattsville: Dunwoody Press

Persian

Etymology

Uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *der- (to tear, split) or *dʰel(h₂)- ("valley"), the existence of which is uncertain, see Proto-Germanic *dalą for more. Cognate with Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬭𐬈𐬥𐬁 (darenā) and Sogdian 𐫔‎𐫡 (δar-).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [d̪ä.ɾá], [d̪är.rá]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [d̪ä.ɾá], [d̪är.rá]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [d̪ä.ɾá], [d̪är.rá]

Readings
Classical reading? dará, darrá
Dari reading? dara, darra
Iranian reading? dara, darre
Tajik reading? dara, darra

Noun

دره • (dara, darra / dare, darre) (Tajik spelling дара, or дарра)

  1. valley
    Synonym: وادی (wādī / vâdi)
  2. crack
  3. fissure

Descendants

References

  • Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2003), Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 344