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Dara is a name with more than one origin.

It is found in the Bible's Old Testament Books of Chronicles. Dara was a biblical descendant of Judah known for his wisdom. (The Bible. 1 Chronicles 2:6)

In Cambodian Khmer, Dara is a name for a boy or a girl meaning "star". In Turkish and in Punjabi, Dara means "leader". In Persian Dara (Persian: دارا) means "wealthy" and is a boy's name.^[1] In the Swahili version Dara means "the beautiful one". In Irish Dara means "oak". But in Indonesian, Dara means "girl", "young woman", or "virgin".

Dara is also frequently used in Ireland (and the United States), as either a male or a female given name, and it also occurs as a surname. The spelling varies, with variations including Dara, Daire and Darragh. The Irish form is probably derived from doire, the Irish word for "oak tree", though as a surname it may be a version of the Irish name Mac Dubhdara. In Irish and Scottish Gaelic, dara means "second". It is also used in Scotland as an abbreviation for "Dragon Killer."^{[citation needed]}

Dara means "Prosperous" or "Wealthy" in Persian. It is also the name of a male doll, and Dara and Sara are sold as "Iran's Islamic alternative to Ken and Barbie".^{[citation needed]}

Dara is also a short form of Oluwadarasimi or Oluwadara, which in Yoruba Language (Southwestern Nigeria) means "God is good". The name is used for both boys and girls.^{[citation needed]}

Dara is also a surname of Reddy, Raju, Vaisya caste from Coastal Andrha. Dara is also a Surname for many in South India, especially they are famous for their kindness and helping nature dating back to many generations. They are very talented business people and are widely seen in the Andhra region,Known to be a village somewhere in Coastal andhra pradesh also for Dalits in Rayalseema South India, particularly the State of Andhra Pradesh. The surname is mostly given to the Scheduled Castes, who were considered untouchables by the caste Hindus in some Indian communities.^{[citation needed]}

See also[link]

• List of Irish-language given names

References[link]

1. ^ Dara and Sara - Iran's Islamic alternative to Ken and Barbie

Dara Rolins
Rolins with the father of her daughter.
Background information
Birth name	Darina Gambošová
Also known as	Darin[k]a Rolincová
Born	(1972-12-07) 7 December 1972 (age 39) Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Genres	Teen pop, synthpop dance, urban, soul
Occupations	Singer-songwriter, actress, entrepreneur
Instruments	vocals
Years active	1982–present
Labels	OPUS, Supraphon, Polydor, BMG, Epic, Bonton, Universal, EMI
Associated acts	Karel Gott, Ladislav Štaidl, Sexy Dancers
Website	dararolins.cz 87px Rolins' early sign

Dara Rolins, also known as Darin[k]a Rolincová (born Darina Gambošová, December 7, 1972) is a Slovak recording artist and entrepreneur. Her music career began at the age of nine, after being casted in television musical Zázračný autobus (Miraculous Bus) in 1981.^[1] The early role established a formula for her regular assignments as a child singer and resulted in recording her debut album Keby som bola princezná Arabela (1983) on OPUS Records.^[2] By her late teens, Rolins appeared in a number of exclusively TV films of varying quality, as well as managed to deliver a series of teen pop-orientated albums, such as Darinka (1986),^[3] Čo o mne vieš (1988)^[4] and Témeř ružový příběh (1990);^[5] all released by Supraphon. Along with Karel Gott, she experienced a one-off success in the German-speaking region in 1986, peaking with their duet "Fang das Licht" ("Catch the Light") at number seven on the Austrian Singles Chart,^[6] respectively at number fifteen in the fellow Germany.^[7]

As she reached adulthood, her popularity had stalled in the nineties. Although, she made an attempt to replicate her local status abroad via English set What You See Is What You Get (1996).^[8] The work distributed through a subsidiary of BMG, however, failed to attract the international market and singer returned to homebase to resume her former course. Sen lásky (1997)^[9] served as her initial comeback release featuring cover versions, produced a ZAI Awards-nomination within Slovak outputs.^[10] Following that, she continued in publishing other dance material, namely What's My Name (2002)^[11] and D1 (2005);^[12] both on Epic Records. Her additional recordings included best-of compilation 1983-1998 (2005) on Bonton Music,^[13] remix collection D2: Remixy (2008) by Epic^[14] and Christmas album Šťastné a veselé (2009), released on Universal Music.^[15] On TV, she rebuilt her presence in 2007 for one season as a co-judge of reality show Slovensko hľadá SuperStar, respectively in 2009 series of Česko Slovenská Superstar;^[16] also based on UK Pop Idol. In 2011, she joined the cast of Let's Dance.^[17]

Regardless of her recording achievements, Rolins posed topless in October 1999 for Czech^[18] and Slovak^[19] issue of a men's magazine as Playboy cover girl. She also upgraded her physical assets such as breasts prior to undergoing plastic surgery.^[20] The national press speculated about a rhinoplasty as well.^[21] In the new millennium, she has become the subject of more scrutiny. At first, upon a 2009 revelation regarding her factual surname printed by Plus 7 dní. For over thirty years since her first public performance, she referred to herself exclusively under an adopted name.^[22] While the following year, Rolins was accused of a negligent homicide caused by her traffic collision from July 10, 2010.^[23] The legal case initially dropped out due to a lack of probable cause was currently re-launched.^[24] Most recently, pop singer released on EMI new studio album entitled Stereo (2011),^[25] receiving mixed reviews for its self-evident nude cover.^[26]

Biography[link]

Early years[link]

Dara Rolins, respectively Darina Rolincová, was born Darina Gambošová^{[note 1]} on December 7, 1972 in Bratislava, former Czechoslovak Socialist Republic.^[27] She is the younger daughter of Zlatica Rolincová (1945) and Dušan Gamboš (1948),^[28] parents of Slovak ancestry. She was raised altogether with half-sister Jana Labasová (1964)^{[note 2]}, better identified as Jana Hádlová-Rolincová per marriage with Czech record producer Daniel Hádl.^[30]
When four years old, Rolincová provisionally appeared in the front of television cameras during Matelko, produced by STV.^[31] The regular program that "starred" a hand puppet named Drobček (English: Petit) was crafted for children.^[32] In 1978, encouraged by winning talent contest Hledáme mladé talenty (English: Young Talents Wanted), she started to participate in local musical ensembless such as Children's Choir of Czechoslovak Radio in Bratislava. Later on, she attended piano lessons.^[33]

Discography[link]

Studio albums

• 1983: Keby som bola princezná Arabela
• 1986: Darinka
• 1988: Čo o mne vieš
• 1996: What You See is What You Get
• 1997: Sen lásky
• 2002: What's My Name
• 2006: D1
• 2011: Stereo

Filmography[link]

Notes

• A ^ Denotes a televised musical theatre.

Bibliography[link]

Awards[link]

Major awards[link]

Notes

• B ^ Best Album category of 1997 won Svet lásku má credited to various artists such as Pavol Habera, Peter Dvorský and Karel Gott. Other nominated works included Ultrapop by Hex, Štyry by Vidiek, Made II Mate's Carousel Life and Klik-klak album by IMT Smile.^[10]
• C ^ Aurel Awards allowed only three nominated artists per category. As a result of the equal number of votes received from academics, Rolins was nominated in 2006 for Best Female Vocal Performance next Barbara Haščáková. While further nominees featured also Tina and Katarína Knechtová^[35] the award won Tina, eventually.^[36]
• D ^ Best Music Video category in 2006 won "Miles" by Lavagance band,^[36] directed by Branislav Špaček.^[35]

Music polls[link]

Notes

• E ^ In 1998, Rolins shared her top ranking (#27) as Female Singer altogether with Marcela Holanová.^[40]
• F ^ In 2000, Rolins was classified in Teenagers' Choice list at #63.^[61]
• G ^ Within component Slovak Act category, Rolins finished at #10 in 2008.^[62]
• H ^ In 2009^[63] and 2011,^[53] she was ranked as the 9th Slovak Act.
• I ^ In 2010, Rolins finished at #11 as for component Slovak category.^[64]
• J ^ Within Žebřík 1998 pool, Rolins was also classified as the 11th in so-called Biggest Surprise category.^[54]

Controversies[link]

Car accident[link]

On October 8, 2010, Rolins was officially accused by the Police of the Czech Republic of negligent manslaughter as the result of her traffic collision dated Saturday, July 10, 2010 in Prague, Czech Republic.^[23] The singer, driving her Mercedes-Benz, had hit a motor scooter with a 63-year-old man named Jindřich Rotrekl,^[24] who died of a lethal injury three hours after he was escorted into the hospital. She would refuse all charges, however, and the case was dropped due to a lack of probable cause on November 2, 2010.^[65]

New prosecution

In August 2011, the prosecution against Rolins was re-launched following a new assessment, provided on behalf of the victim's family. According to the report, Rolins' vehicle had entered the opposite direction and hit the motorcyclist.^[24] On September 19, the singer was, therefore, re-interrogated by the police officers. While the final conclusion is pending, Rollins is facing up to six years in prison.^[66]

See also[link]

• List of Child singers
• The 100 Greatest Slovak Albums of All Time

References[link]

Footnotes

Sources

External links[link]