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

Ottoman Turkish

دره

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Persian دره (darre, valley; crack, fissure).

Noun

دره • (dere)

  1. valley, dale, vale, an elongated depression cast between hills or mountains
    Synonym: وادی (vadi)
  2. rivulet, brook, a body of water smaller than a river usually dry in the summer
    Synonym: چای (çay)
  3. ravine, gorge, canyon, gully, a deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
    Synonyms: بوغاز (boğaz), حلق (halk)
Derived terms
  • بورغاج دره (burgac dere, sinuous valley)
  • دره اوتی (dere otu, dill)
  • دره بكی (dere beğı, 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

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
    Synonym: اینجو دانه‌سی (inci tanesi)
Descendants

Further reading

Pashto

Noun

دره • (dará) f

  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

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Pronunciation

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

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

Noun

Dari دره
Iranian Persian
Tajik дара

دره • (dare, darre)

  1. valley
  2. crack
  3. fissure

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Gujarati: દરા (darā)
  • Khalaj: dara
  • Ottoman Turkish: دره (dere)
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