Dar
/dɑːr/noun
A traditional house or mansion, especially in North Africa.
Did you know?Arabic dār, meaning “house” or “dwelling,” appears in names such as Darfur and Dar es Salaam, preserving the idea of a place defined by its inhabitants or purpose.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Semitic
Proto-Semitic
*dār
“House or dwelling; reconstructed ancestral form”
Classical Arabic
Arabic
دَار (dār)
“House, home, abode, or domain”
Medieval Arabic
Arabic
dār
“A residence or broader territorial domain, as in “abode of Islam””
19th Century
English
dar
“A North African house or mansion, adopted as a cultural and architectural term”
Modern English
English
dar
“A traditional house or mansion, especially in North Africa”
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