Dāra & Dārā (f.) [Sk. dāra (m.) & dārā (f.), more freq. dārā (m.pl.); instr. sg. dārena J iv.7; Pv iv.177, etc.; instr, pl. dārehi Sn 108 (sehi d. asantuṭṭho not satisfied with his own wife), loc. pl. dāresu Sn 38 (puttesu dāresu apekkhā), orig. "wives, womenfolk," female members of the household=Gr. dou_los (slave; Hesychius: dou=los=h( oi)ki/a; cp. also origin of Germ. frauenzimmer & E. womanhood). Remnants of pl. use are seen in above passage. fr. Sn.] a young woman, esp. married woman, wife. As dārā f. at Nd2 295 (d. vuccati bhariyā) & It 36; f. also dārī maiden, young girl Pv i.115. Otherwise as dāra (coll -- masc.): Dh 345; J i.120; ii.248; iv.7; v.104, 288; VvA 299 (˚paṭiggaha). -- putta -- dārā (pl.) wife & children Sn 108, 262; J i.262; cp. saputtadāra with w. & ch. Pv iv.347; putta ca dārā ca Sn 38, 123. Freq. in definition of sīla No. 3 (kāmesu micchācārin or abrahmacariyā, adultery) as sakena dārena santuṭṭha Aiii.348; v.138; Sn 108 (a˚); Pv 177, etc. -- paradāra the wife of another M i.404 sq.; Dh 246, 309; Sn 396 (parassa d.) PvA 261.

 

Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,

dāra(m.), dārā(f.): 妻

巴漢辭典 編者：(斗六) 廖文燦