Where does “dâră” come from?
dâră (Romanian) comes from Ottoman Turkish طاره, from Italian tara, from Arabic طرح, from Arabic ر, from Arabic رَأَى — to see.
dâră (Romanian): streak, trace, trail
Ancestry of “dâră”, step by step
dâră traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ottoman Turkish طاره
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | طاره | tare weight |
| 2 | Italian | tara | tare; defect, vice, flaw; deficiency |
| 3 | Arabic | طرح | to throw, to cast, to fling, to toss; to discard,... |
| 4 | Arabic | ر | second-person masculine singular active... |
| 5 | Arabic | رَأَى | to see |
via Old Church Slavonic дира
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Church Slavonic | дира | hole |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | dira | crack, snick, notch; trace, trail |