だれ

See also: たれ

Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of だれ – see the following entry.
【誰】S
[pronoun] interrogative personal pronoun: who, whom
[pronoun] (informal, clipping of 誰か) someone, anyone
(This term, だれ (dare), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as だれ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as だれ.)

Etymology 2

Shift from だり (dari).[1]

Numeral

だれ • (dare) 

  1. [from 1787] (cant) four; forty; four hundred
    Synonyms: 四 (yon, “four”, standard), 四十 (yonju, “forty”, standard), 四百 (yonhyaku, “four hundred”, standard)

References

  1. ^ Nihon Kokugo Daijiten Dai-ni-han Henshū I'inkai (日本国語大辞典第二版編集委員会) (2001-2002) 日本国語大辞典　第二版 [Unabridged Japanese Dictionary: Second Edition], Tokyo (東京都): Shōgakukan (小学館), →ISBN
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