Dilara

Dilara or Delara can be a given name or surname in several languages.

Delara (Persian: دل‌آرا-دلارا) is a Persian female first name popular in Iran and other Persian speaking countries such as Afghanistan and Tajikistan.

Dilara is popular in Turkic countries such as Azerbaijan and Turkey.

It is a compound word of Persian origin that consists of two parts: "Del"+"-ara". In Persian, "del" (دل) is a noun meaning heart, and "ara" is a suffix that comes from the Persian verb ārāstan (آراستن), meaning adorner, beautifier, and embellisher. According to the Dehkhoda Dictionary, Dilara can be translated as "she who delights the heart", "she who is pleasing" or "what makes heart beautiful".

Dilara or Delara can be also a variant of the Spanish or French habitational name Lara.

In the Shahnameh ("The Book of Kings"), the masterpiece of Ferdowsi (940–1025), Dilara was a prudent and wise queen in the time of the ancient Persian Empire. For hundreds of years since then in Persian literature, poets such as Saadi have used the name "Dilara" to refer a dearly loved woman who fills their hearts with joy and happiness.

Given name

 * Delara Burkhardt (born 1992), German politician
 * Delara Darabi (1986–2009), Iranian woman executed for murder
 * Dilara Aksüyek (born 1987), Turkish actress
 * Dilara Aliyeva (1929–1991), Azerbaijani historian
 * Dilara Bağcı (born 1994), Turkish volleyball player
 * Dilara Bedia Kızılsu (born 1965), Turkish sport shooter
 * Dilara Begum Jolly (born 1960), Bangladeshi print artist, sculptor, installation artist, and painter
 * Dilara Bilge (born 1990), Turkish volleyball player
 * Dilara Bozan (born 1997), Turkish karateka
 * Dilara Buse Günaydın (born 1989), Turkish swimmer
 * Dilara Büyükbayraktar (born 1989), Turkish actress
 * Dilara Eltemur, Turkish karateka (2018–2019 medal winner)
 * Dilara Hanif Rita (born 1981), performing with the stage name Purnima (Bangladeshi actress)
 * Dilara Harun (c. 1946–2012), Bangladeshi revolutionary and politician
 * Dilara Hashim (born 1936), Bangladeshi author and novelist
 * Dilara Hava Tunç (born August 1998), German rapper and singer performing with the stage name Hava (musician)
 * Dilara Kaya (born 1991), Turkish basketball player
 * Dilara Kazimova (born 1984), Azerbaijani singer
 * Dilara Lokmanhekim (born 1994), Turkish judoka
 * Dilara Narin (born 2002), Turkish weightlifter
 * Dilara Özlem Sucuoğlu (born 1998), Turkish-German footballer
 * Dilara Soley Deli (born 2002), Germany-born Azerbaijani and Turkish women's footballer
 * Dilara Türk (born 1996), Turkish-German women's footballer
 * Dilara Uralp (born 1995), Turkish female windsurfer
 * Dilara Yurtdaş (born 2004), Turkish artistic gymnast
 * Dilara Zaman (born 1943), Bangladeshi actress
 * Sibel Kekilli (born 1980), Actress (was using stage name Dilara for her adult movies)

Television and film

 * Dilara, a 2018 Pakistani television series starring Kinza Razzak as Dilara
 * Dilara, the leading character portrayed by Aybüke Pusat in the 2021 Turkish dark comedy streaming television series 50M2
 * Dilara Giritli, a fictional character portrayed by Sinem Kobal in the 1990s Turkish television sitcom series Dadı
 * Dilara Terzioğlu Gürpinar/Erguvan, a fictional character portrayed by Ebru Özkan in the 2014 Turkish television drama series Paramparça

Other

 * Aseptis binotata, a moth formerly known as Aseptis dilara and Hadena dilara