Dharuk

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The extinct Pama-Nyungan Australian Aboriginal suffixing language, within the Yuin-Kuric group, formerly spoken by people who lived in the Sydney region, from the southern shore of Port Jackson south to Botany Bay and as far inland as Camden and Penrith. Closely related to Dhurga and Thurawal.

Pronunciation

/ˈdʌrʊk/

Word forms

Dharuk Darug Dharruk Dharug

Etymology

From Dharug dharug (“language”).

Related words

Sydney language Eora Iora Iyora Wiktionary’s coverage of Dharug terms
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