Dara

Dara is a given name used for both males and females, with more than one origin. Dara is found in the Bible's Old Testament Books of Chronicles. Dara [דרע] was a descendant of Judah (son of Jacob). (The Bible. 1 Chronicles 2:6). Dara (also known as Darda דרדע) was one of four men noted for great wisdom, but exceeded by King Solomon (1 Kings 4:31). In Persian Dara (Persian: دارا) is a masculine name and a variant of Darius.[1] In contemporary Persian, it means "rich", "well-off" and "well-to-do". In Hebrew Dara means "compassion" or "pearl of wisdom". {{Citation needed}} In Urdu, the name is given to baby boys and its meaning is "possessor" or "sovereign" and "halo (of the moon)".[2] It can also mean "sovereign" or "lord", a meaning shared with the Sikh language. [3] In Parsi, Dara means "bell" or "pendant"[4]

For other uses, see Dara (disambiguation).
Dara
GenderFemale, Male
Origin
Word/namePersian, Hebrew, Irish, Muslim, Kazakh, Yoruba, Cambodian, Lao, Indonesian, Indigenous, Thai, Slavic.
Meaningoak, beautiful, maiden, wisdom, lord, well-off, pearl, gift, sovereign, Halo, dove, compassion, pendant, special, one of a kind
Other names
Related namesDora, Bojidar, Bozhidar, Bojidara

In Kazakh, the name means "special, one of a kind, only one", and is a feminine name. In old Bulgaria and North Macedonia, Macedonian and Serbian language (Serbia), Dara means "gift", or "to give a gift", its meaning directly derives from dar, which means "gift". In Khmer, Thai, and Lao, Dara is a unisex name meaning "star". In Punjabi, Dara means "leader".

In Irish, Dara can mean either "oak" or "wise". Dara is also frequently used in Ireland (and the United States), as either a masculine or a feminine given name, and it also occurs as a surname. The spelling varies, with variations including Daire, Darragh, and Daragh. The Irish form is probably derived from doire, the Irish word for "oak tree", though as a surname it may be a version of the Irish name Mac Dubhdara. In Irish and Scottish Gaelic, dara means "second". In Javanese, Dara (in which the letters A are pronounced /ɔ/ by the majority of the speakers, slightly like the pronunciation of the letter å in Danish and Norwegian) means "dove" or "pigeon".

Because of the tone mark in Yoruba Language, Dara is also a short form of Oluwashindara, which means "wonder (God still does wonder)".

In Indonesian, Dara means "girl", "young woman", or "virgin". As indicated by these meanings, Dara is a feminine name in Indonesian.

In Ibibio, Dara is a derivative of "joy", and it means "rejoice".

The word "Odara" derives from the Brazilian indigenous Ioruba word dara, meaning "gorgeous." In African-American culture, the name Dara is of Bermudian origin, also meaning "beautiful".[5] In Telugu, Dara means "come". In Gujarati Dara means "everyone" [6] In the Swahili version Dara also means "the beautiful one".

People

Fictional characters
  • Sumerian God Enki was also known as "Dara-Mah" [7]
  • Dara is a young elf from the television show Witcher.
  • Dara is a gypsy from the Brazilian novel Explode Coração
  • Dara is an elder from Caer Pelyn village from Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones
  • Dara Shirazi, the protagonist of the book The Electric Heir.

Other meanings
  • Dara is a gotra (clan) of certain Jats and Punjabis found in India. Members of the Dara gotra are found mainly in Rajasthan (majority), Delhi and Haryana in India. Dara mostly belong to the Khatri caste.
  • In Sudan, it is also known as Gbaya-Dara, a Central Sudan language of South Sudan. It is one of the Kresh Languages. Though it is commonly called Gbaya, it is not one of the Abaya languages, which are in the Ubangian family.
  • In Urdu, Dara is a short form of Darius.
  • In Kannada, Dara's word (dAra) means thread.
  • It is the name of a male doll, and Dara and Sara are sold as "Iran's alternative to Ken and Barbie".[8] It is the descendant of the Old Persian name Darayaush (Darius)
  • In Meranau Dara is a Blood.
  • In ancient Sumerian language, Babylonian-Akkadian Cuneiform Tablet writing Dara means "blood"[9]

See also

References
  1. "Darius (Encyclopædia Iranica)".
  2. "Islamic Name Dara Meanings in Urdu - Muslim Boy Names".
  3. "Meaning of Sikh Boy Name Dara".
  4. Gandhi, Maneka; Husain, Ozair (2004). The Complete Book of Muslim and ParsiNames. ISBN 9780143031840.
  5. "Names - Meaning of Dara".
  6. "dara - Meaning in Gujarati - dara in Gujarati - Shabdkosh - શબ્દકોશ : English Gujarati Dictionary and Translation".
  7. Forest, Danu (8 October 2014). Celtic Tree Magic. ISBN 9780738744063.
  8. Charlotte Bailey (24 September 2008). "Muslim 'Barbie and Ken' dolls created by Iranian government". Telegraph.co.uk.
  9. Secrets of the Sumerian Language 2012
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