masculine, masculine plural & neuter plural
Dāra and Dārā (feminine) [Sanskrit dāra (masculine) and dārā (feminine), more frequent dārā (masculine plural); instrumental singular dārena Ja IV 7; Pv IV 1 77 , etc.; instrumental plural dārehi Snp 108 (sehi d. asantuṭṭho not satisfied with his own wife), locative plural dāresu Snp 38 (puttesu dāresu apekkhā), originally "wives, womenfolk," female members of the household = Greek δοῦλος (slave; Hesychius: δοῦλος = ἡ οἰκία; cf. also origin of Ger. frauenzimmer and English womanhood). Remnants of plural use are seen in above passage from Sn.] a young woman, especially married woman, wife. As dārā feminine at Nidd II §295 (d. vuccati bhariyā) and It 36; feminine also dārī maiden, young girl Pv I 11 5 . Otherwise as dāra (collective-masculine): Dhp 345; Ja I 120; II 248; IV 7; V 104, 288; Vv-a 299 (°paṭiggaha). — putta-dārā (plural) wife and children Snp 108, 262; Ja I 262; cf. saputtadāra with w. and ch. Pv IV 3 47 ; putta ca dārā ca Snp 38, 123. Frequently in definition of sīla No. 3 (kāmesu micchācārin or abrahmacariyā, adultery) as sakena dārena santuṭṭha A III 348; V 138; Snp 108 (a°); Pv 1 77 , etc. — paradāra the wife of another M I 404 f.; Dhp 246, 309; Snp 396 (parassa d.) Pv-a 261.
a wife; wives
【陽】 妻子。~bharaṇa,【中】 扶養妻子。
(masc, masc) wife