ˈdärd noun
( plural dard -d ; or dards -dz ; also dardi -(ˌ)dē)
Usage: usually capitalized
1. : a member of the stocky broad-shouldered moderately fair frequently brown-haired Indo-Aryan people in the upper valley of the Indus
2. or dar·dic -rdik -s : the complex of languages spoken by the Dards and including Shina, Khowar, Kafiri, Kashmiri, and Kohistani — see indo-european languages table