धार

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀥𑀸𑀭𑀸 (dhārā), from Sanskrit धारा (dhārā), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *dʰā́raH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰā́raH, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰórh₃-eh₂, from *dʰerh₃- (“to leap, spring”). Cognate with Assamese ধাৰ (dhar), Nepali धार (dhār), Gujarati ધાર (dhār), and Marathi धार (dhār). Doublet of धारा (dhārā).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱɑːɾ/, [d̪ʱäːɾ]

धार • (dhār) f (Urdu spelling دھار)

1. flow, current, stream, channel (of a river)
2. downward flow, heavy shower (of rain)
3. libation
4. edge (of blade)
5. edge, end, limit
6. (obsolete) direction
7. line, chain (as of mountains)

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “धार”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dhā́ra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press