दारू

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دارو (dārū), from Middle Persian [script needed] (dʾlwkˈ /⁠dārūg⁠/, drug, medicament).

Pronunciation

Noun

दारू • (dārūf (Urdu spelling دارو)

  1. (colloquial) liquor (sometimes excluding wine); booze, piss
    Synonym: शराब (śarāb)
    दारू की दुकानdārū kī dukānliquor store
  2. (obsolete) gunpowder
    Synonym: बारूद (bārūd)
  3. (obsolete or rare) medicine
    दवा-दारूdavā-dārūmedicinal treatment (literally, “medicine and medicine”)

Declension

Declension of दारू (fem ū-stem)
singular plural
direct दारू
dārū
दारुएँ
dāruẽ
oblique दारू
dārū
दारुओं
dāruõ
vocative दारू
dārū
दारुओ
dāruo

Descendants

  • Jarawa: daru (alcohol)

References

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دارو (dārū), from Middle Persian [script needed] (dʾlwkˈ /⁠dārūg⁠/, drug, medicament). Compare Gujarati દારૂ (dārū), Punjabi ਦਾਰੂ (dārū) / دارو (dārū).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d̪a.ɾu/, [d̪a.ɾuː]

Noun

दारू • (dārūf

  1. any alcoholic drink, alcohol
    Synonym: मद्य (madya)

References

  • Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983), “दारू”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “दारू”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950), “दारू”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)