dahar

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic ظَهْر (ẓahr, back).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /daːr/
  • Homophone: dar

Noun

dahar m (plural dhur or dhura or idhra, diminutive dhajjar)

  1. (anatomy) back
    • 2022, Nadia Mifsud, meta tinfetaq il-folla, Ede Books, →ISBN:
      f’żarbun ġa ssikkat. irkiekel dahri
      tat-terrakotta - ’kk tmisshom,
      isiru frak. dil-belt tentakli waħedha -
      għoddha qalftitni fatat.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Eżodu 23:27:
      [] u nġiegħel l-għedewwa tiegħek idawru daharhom lejk.
      King James Version translation: [] and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.

Inflection

Inflection of dahar
singular plural
m f
singular 1st person dahri daharna
2nd person dahrek daharkom
3rd person dahru daharha daharhom
plural 1st person {{{3}}}i {{{3}}}na
2nd person {{{3}}}ek {{{3}}}kom
3rd person {{{3}}}u {{{3}}}ha {{{3}}}hom

Sundanese

Sundanese register set
lemes {{{le}}}
lemes ka sorangan neda
lemes ka batur tuang
loma dahar
cohag hakan, jablog, nyatu

Etymology

Derived from Old Javanese ḍahar (food, meal). Cognate with Javanese dhahar.

Verb

dahar (Sundanese script ᮓᮠᮁ)

  1. (loma) to eat

Derived terms