dārgs

Etymology
There are differing suggestions on the origin of this term, the most likely of which is to derive it from, (whence also , q.v.), with an extra gʰ, from which  >  >  (with lengthening from the intonation on -àr- > -ā̀r). The original meaning could have been “which got torn, became unpleasant” (compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬) > “unpleasantly high (price, reward)” > “expensive, having high value, valuable”, from which metaphorically “dear, beloved”. Note that the “beloved” meaning is relatively recent: it is not typical of old folkloric language. Other scholars, however, derive from Proto-Indo-European. A third suggestion is that this stem is a Slavic innovation (with “dear, beloved” as the original meaning), from which it was borrowed into Baltic. Cognates include 🇨🇬 (🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬).

Adjective

 * 1) expensive, costly having a high price, for which one must pay very much
 * 2) expensive, costly which takes a lot of money for its services, realization, maintenance
 * 3) dear, important, valuable, precious having great significance, high value; being difficult to find
 * 4) dear, cherished, precious, beloved that about which one has strong feelings
 * 1) expensive, costly which takes a lot of money for its services, realization, maintenance
 * 2) dear, important, valuable, precious having great significance, high value; being difficult to find
 * 3) dear, cherished, precious, beloved that about which one has strong feelings
 * 1) expensive, costly which takes a lot of money for its services, realization, maintenance
 * 2) dear, important, valuable, precious having great significance, high value; being difficult to find
 * 3) dear, cherished, precious, beloved that about which one has strong feelings
 * 1) dear, important, valuable, precious having great significance, high value; being difficult to find
 * 2) dear, cherished, precious, beloved that about which one has strong feelings
 * 1) dear, important, valuable, precious having great significance, high value; being difficult to find
 * 2) dear, cherished, precious, beloved that about which one has strong feelings
 * 1) dear, cherished, precious, beloved that about which one has strong feelings
 * 1) dear, cherished, precious, beloved that about which one has strong feelings
 * 1) dear, cherished, precious, beloved that about which one has strong feelings