Borrowed fromJapaneseドラ(dora), a clipping ofJapaneseドラゴン(doragon), fromEnglishdragon.
dora (pluraldoras)
- (Japanese mahjong) Tiles that provide bonus score multiplier points (飜(han)) in a winning hand, indicated by one or multipleface-up tiles in thedead wall.
dora
- definitenominativesingular ofdorë
dora
- third-personsingular past historic ofdorer
dora
- inflection ofdorare:
- third-personsingularpresent
- second-personsingularimperative
dora
- Rōmaji transcription ofどら
- Rōmaji transcription ofドラ
FromProto-Germanic*durô(“bumblebee, humming insect”), fromProto-Indo-European*dʰer-,*dʰreh₁n-(“bee, hornet, drone”). Related toMiddle Low Germandorne(“bumblebee”),Middle Dutchdorne(“bumblebee”),Dutchdar(“drone”),Old Englishdrān(“drone”). More atdrone,dor.
dora m
- bumblebee
Weak:
FromSanskritद्वार(dvāra,“door”).
dora
- door
dora
- inflection ofdorar:
- third-personsingularpresentindicative
- second-personsingularimperative
