As a Hindi name
दारु · noun · masculine
काष्ठ । काठ । लकड़ी · देवदारु का वृक्ष · बढ़ई । कारीगर । शिल्पी — Śabdasāgara
दारु · adj
दानशील । देनेवाला · खंडनशील । टूटने फूटनेवाला · काटनेवाला । विदारण करनेवाला (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
दारु · dāru · s.m.
Wood, timber; a species of pine, Pinus devadāru — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 500
दारु · masculine
wood
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi दारु — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit दारु (dā́ru).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
1. dāru mfn. liberal, L. (cf. Pāṇ. iii, 2, 159)
dāru m. See 2. dāru.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a piece of wood, wood, timber, &c. (usually, only, )
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
1. dāru mfn. liberal, L. (cf. Pāṇ. iii, 2, 159)
dāru m. See 2. dāru.
2. dāru mfn. breaking, splitting (Indra), RV. vii, 6, 1
dāru m. an artist, L.
3. dāru m. n. (g. ardharcādi) a piece of wood, wood, timber, RV.; AV.; TS.; Br.; Up.; MBh.; R. &c. (usually n., m. only, Hariv. 15522)
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