Where does “ڈر” come from?
ڈر (Urdu) comes from Sauraseni Prakrit ??, from Sanskrit दर, from Proto-Indo-Aryan d(ʰ)wā́r, from Proto-Indo-Iranian dʰwā́r, from Proto-Indo-European dʰwṓr, from Proto-Indo-European dʰwer- — door.
ڈر (Urdu): fear; apprehension; alarm
Definitions
- fear; apprehension; alarm
Ancestry of “ڈر”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sauraseni Prakrit | ?? | — |
| 2 | Sanskrit | दर | fear; cleaving, split |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | d(ʰ)wā́r | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | dʰwā́r | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰwṓr | door |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰwer- | door |