ढर्रा

Unknown. Probably from ढरना (ḍharnā), a dialectal form of ढलना (ḍhalnā).

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɖʱəɾ.ɾɑː/, [ɖʱɐr.räː]
• Rhymes: -ərːɑː

ढर्रा • (ḍharrā) m (Urdu spelling ڈھرّا)

1. way, path; line

   Synonyms: पथ (path), मार्ग (mārg), रास्ता (rāstā)

2. method, style, manner, fashion

   Synonyms: ढंग (ḍhaṅg), ढब (ḍhab), तरीक़ा (tarīqā), रीति (rīti), शैली (śailī)

3. remedy, means, device, tactic

   Synonyms: उपाय (upāy), तदबीर (tadbīr), तरकीब (tarkīb), युक्ति (yukti)

4. attitudes, manners, disposition, mode of conduct; habit

   Synonyms: आचरण-पद्धति (ācaraṇ-paddhati), आदत (ādat), चाल-चलन (cāl-calan), ढब (ḍhab), स्वभाव (svabhāv)

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “ढर्रा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 1970
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “ढर्रा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 426
• “ढर्रा”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Verma, Shyam Bahadur (2010), “ढर्रा”, in Dharmendra Verma, editor, प्रभात बृहत् हिन्दी शब्दकोश‎^[1] (in Hindi), New Delhi: Prabhat Prakashan, →ISBN, page 1106