دارو

Borrowed from Classical Persian دارو (dâru, “medicine, drug, gunpowder”), itself derived from Middle Persian dʾlwkˈ (dārūg, “drug, medicament”).

دارو (dārū) (plural دارولار)

1. medicine, drug

Borrowed from Classical Persian دارو (dārū, “medicine, drug, gunpowder”), itself derived from Middle Persian dʾlwkˈ (dārūg, “drug, medicament”). The sense of "alcohol" is semantically influenced by Hindustani.

• IPA^(key): /dɑˈru/

دارو • (dârû) m

1. (slang) alcohol
2. (rare) medicine, drug (medication), medication

• درمل (darmal)

Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (dʾlwkˈ /⁠dārūg⁠/, “drug, medicament”), perhaps from Proto-Iranian *dā́rukah (“tree, wood”). Compare Parthian 𐫅𐫀𐫓𐫇𐫃 (dʾlwg /⁠dālūg⁠/, “plant, tree”). Unrelated to English drug.^[1]

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دارو • (dâru) (plural داروها)

1. medicine, drug, medication

   Synonyms: دوا (davâ), درمان (darmân)

   Antonyms: سم (samm), زهر (zahr)

   دارو اثر کرد. ― dâru asar kard. ― The drug was effective.

   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 1938:

     مهربانی شد شکار شیر مرد
     در جهان دارو نجوید غیر درد

     mihrabānī šud šikār-i šēr mard
     dar jahān dārū na-jōyad ġayr-i dard

     Lovingkindness is fallen a prey to the valiant (holy) man,
     (for) medicine seeks naught in the world but the pain (which it should cure).

2. gunpowder

• دارویی / داروئی (dâruyi)
• داروخانه (dâruxâne)
• داروساز (dârusâz)
• داروسازی (dârusâzi)

• → Kazakh: дәрі (därı), дәру (däru)
• → Kyrgyz: дары (darı)
• → Bengali: দারু (daru)
• → Chakma: 𑄘𑄢𑄪 (dāru)
• → Gujarati: દારૂ (dārū)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: दारू (dārū)

  Urdu: دارو (dārū)

• → Marathi: दारू (dārū)
• → Odia: ଦାରୁ (dāru)
• → Pashto: دارو (dârû)
• → Uyghur: دورا (dora)

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “دارو”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

Borrowed from Classical Persian دَارُو (dārū, “medicine, drug, gunpowder”), itself derived from Middle Persian dʾlwkˈ (dārūg, “drug, medicament”).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪ɑː.ɾuː/

دارو • (dārū) f (Hindi spelling दारू)

1. (health) medicine, drug, medication
2. remedy, cure
3. liquor, spirits, alcohol
4. wine
5. gunpowder

From Sanskrit दारु (dāru), from Sanskrit root दृ (dṛ). Cognate with Ancient Greek δρῦς (drûs), Old Persian 𐎭𐎠𐎽𐎢𐎺 (d-a-ru-u-v /dāruv/), Old English trēow (whence English tree).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪ɑː.ɾuː/

دارو • (dāru) m (Hindi spelling दारु)

1. wood
2. timber