As a Hindi name
धार · noun · masculine
जोर से पानी बरसना । जोर की वर्षा · इकट्ठा किया हुआ वर्षा का जल जो वैद्यक के अनुसार त्रिदोष नाशक, लघु, सौम्य, रसायन, बलकारक, तृप्तिकर और पातक तथा मुर्छा, तंद्रा, दाह, थकावट और प्यास आदि को दूर करनेवाला है । कहते है, सावन और भादों में यह जल बहुत ही हितकारक होता है · ऋण । उधार । कर्ज — Śabdasāgara
धार · adj
गंभीर । गहरा — Śabdasāgara
धार · dhār · s.m.
lit. 'Supporting, support'; a hollow tree inserted in the mouth of a well (in the Tarāʼī) to keep it from falling in — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 538
धार · feminine
flow, current, stream, channel (of a river); downward flow, heavy shower (of rain); libation; edge (of blade)
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit धारा — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“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 …” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
1. dhārā f. stream or current of water
(cf. tri-, dvi-, śata-, sahasra-), flood, gush, jet, drop (of any liquid), shower, rain (also fig. of arrows, flowers, &c.; vasor dh˚, ‘source of good’, N. of a partic. libation to Agni, AV.; ŚBr.; MBh.; of a sacred bathing-place, MBh.; of Agni's wife, BhP.)
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a sort of stone
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M1 · same meaning "dhāra" is the vocative of "dhārā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
1. dhāra mf(ī)n. (√ dhṛ) holding, supporting, containing (ifc.; cf. karṇa-, chattra-, tulā- &c.)
dhāra m. N. of Viṣṇu, L.
debt, L.
2. dhāra m. or n. (√ 1. dhāv) stream, gush (cf. taila- [add.] and toya-)
dhāra mfn. coming down in a stream or as rain, Suśr.; Bhpr.
1. dhārā f. stream or current of water
(cf. tri-, dvi-, śata-, sahasra-), flood, gush, jet, drop (of any liquid), shower, rain (also fig. of arrows, flowers, &c.; vasor dh˚, ‘source of good’, N. of a partic. libation to Agni, AV.; ŚBr.; MBh.; of a sacred bathing-place, MBh.; of Agni's wife, BhP.)
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