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Dard

American  
[dahrd] / dɑrd /

noun

  1. Also Dardic. a group of Indic languages spoken in Kashmir, northern Pakistan, and eastern Afghanistan, and including Kashmiri.

  2. a member of the peoples who speak these languages.


Dard British  
/ dɑːd /

noun

  1. a member of any of the Indo-European peoples speaking a Dardic language

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Such considerations partly explain why, in my 20s, I worked my way through Dard Hunter’s magisterial “Papermaking: The History and Technique of an Ancient Craft.”

From Washington Post

As we’d heard throughout the valley, he explained that the people of Gurez and Tulail are not truly Kashmiri, but from the Dard Shin tribe, and that their mother tongue is Shina.

From New York Times

"It's not actually as safe and progressive a community as we thought it was," said Sofia Dard, a 21-year-old senior majoring in psychology.

From Reuters

"Deah was a very proud Muslim American. He was proud of all his identities," said Sofia Dard, a 21-year-old senior psychology major.

From Reuters

The Northern Ireland Badger Group has backed Dard's approach and said in a statement that the new research had not altered its view.

From BBC