As a Hindi name
दारद · noun · masculine
एक प्रकार का विष जो दरद देश में होता है · पारा · ईंगुर — Śabdasāgara
दारद · dārad · s.m.
A kind of poison (brought from the country called Darad) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 500
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
quicksilver
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
dārada mf(ī)n. coming from the country of the Darads or Daradas (g. sindhv-ādi)
dārada m. a kind of poison, L.
quicksilver, L.
the ocean, L.
dārada m. and n. vermilion, L.
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