English / Map Form: Auchterarder
Gaelic Form: Uachdar Àrdair
Location: Perthshire
Post Town: AUCHTERARDER
Local Authority: Perth and Kinross
English / Map Form: Auchterarder
Gaelic Form: Uachdar Àrdair
Language Notes
uachdar, 'upland' + Àrda(i)r (from Àrd + dobhar, 'high water')Element Meaning
Sources
| UaXkir arteX | Diack Ms2276 [Informant was Donald Crerar, native of Amulree] |
| “Uachdar Aurdach” in Breadalbane / Uachdar Ardar | Robertson MS372, 210 |
| “Auchterarder is Uachdar Awrdrach in Breadalbane always” | MS423 p. 20 MS note to p4 [Rev J. McIntosh Fort William whose mother was from Glenlyon.] |
| Aakhturairdur | 1915 Lowland Scotch as spoken in the lower Strathearn district of Perthshire [Scots pronunciation] |
| Auchterarder is ‘upland of high water.’ | Watson 1926, 454 |
Additional Information
Uachdar Àrdach seems to be a variant form. The derivation from dobhar is seen in early forms such as Achterairdor, Achterardour c. 1591 Pont map.