ਡੇਰਾ

Punjabi

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ḍēra. Cognate to Hindi डेरा (ḍerā).

Noun

ਡੇਰਾ • (ḍerā) m (Shahmukhi spelling ڈیرہ)

  1. dwelling
  2. tent
  3. camp

Derived terms
  • ਡੇਰਾ ਬਸੀ (ḍerā basī, “Dera Bassi”)
  • ਡੇਰਾ ਬਾਬਾ ਨਾਨਕ (ḍerā bābā nānak, “Dera Baba Nanak”)
  • ਡੇਰਾ ਇਸਮਾਈਲ ਖ਼ਾਨ (ḍerā isamāīla xān) / ڈیرہ اسماعیل خان (ḍerā ismāīl xān, “Dera Ismail Khan”)
  • ਡੇਰਾ ਗ਼ਾਜ਼ੀ ਖ਼ਾਨ (ḍerā ġāzī xān) / ڈیرہ غازی خان (ḍerā ġāzī xān, “Dera Ghazi Khan”)
  • ਡੇਰੇਦਾਰ m (ḍeredār, “camp dweller”)

References
  • Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਡੇਰਾ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.
  • “ਡੇਰਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
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