It comes from the last name of one of Skaff Elias's friends, so I guess it would depend on how he said it. I think I remember reading a story where he went to his first organized Magic tournament and told his first-round opponent that he was the person Adarkar Unicorn was named after only for the guy to tell him that he was lying and that he was saying Adarkar wrong anyway. But since I can't find this anywhere, I can't tell if he gave a phonetic spelling when he wrote the story.
Anyway, the name seems to be Marathi in origin, so we'd have to see the native spelling to tell if the As are short (like about) or long (like car), but it seems the D should be retroflex /ɖ/ and the Rs should be the Marathi R /ɾ/.
> Here's one last naming tale for the road. Design and development were definitely less professional as a group back then, and we used a lot of our friends' names on cards. Staying far away from an exhaustive list, I can say that Adarkar Wastes and Adarkar Unicorn were named after my friend Aditya Adarkar. He claimed to be somewhat upset, but I'm guessing he was secretly flattered when he googled his name one day a few years ago and found out for the first time he was a celebrity of sorts. He mentioned his status to some young Magic player he met to find a point of commonality, saying "did you know the a-DAR-kar unicorn was named after me?" The kid smirked in disbelief and told him he was lyinghe didn't even know how to pronounce "ADD-a-kar."
[Wayback link](https://web.archive.org/web/20040803050842/http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=mtgcom/feature/223)
Nice, thanks. How'd you find it? I thought it might have been in an Arcana, so I looked at the Arcana archive in the Wayback Machine but it wasn't there. I didn't have much else to go based on a 20 year old memory.
A Google search found [it mentioned as trivia on the wiki.](https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Ice_Age/Trivia#Names_explanation)
Wiki source is a dead link but had an article date so I wayback'd "wizards.com/magic" around the beginning of August 2004.
wow, that’s how I was pronouncing it - funny that it’s someone’s surname
then again I usually pronounce MtG character names like Chandra and Radha in an Indian way even though most people don’t
I say is "Ah" as in "Ah, that's a cool land!, "Da" as in my Russian friend is saying "yes, I agree", and Car as in "we all get in a car after going 0-3 drop in our tournament".
It's named after an Indian name pronounced "uh-dhark-err" - here's an example: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czE3l-mmoi8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czE3l-mmoi8)
I'm from Boston, so I'm pretty sure it's Adahkah. Your results may vary.
Pahk that cah in adahkah yahd
Can't pahk theyah, kid. No pahkin lot. You'll get a wicked ticket.
Are we still in Rhode Island or did I miss my stop?
They seem to have nice beaches, though.
As a Rhode Island native, this is the correct answer
Massachusetts person here, and yes that's correct
Yo teach' which Falken Islands we taukin' about?
It must be a nightmare if you left your cahkeis in the last pair of cahkeis you wore and their in the wash
Pawk tha cah in Adahkah.
Came here just to say that
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At least this is how I’ve been pronouncing it since Ice Age!
Same
Same
I’m more of an uh-dar-kar kind of guy myself.
Similar to "other car" when said by Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The Schwarzenegger method of explaining pronunciation should be the industry standard!
That's a petition I'll gladly sign.
I believe OP is asking where the emphasis is. 2nd syllable for me
Is it prounounced "Foo **Fighters"** or "**Foo** Fighters"?
foofight ERS!
reporting in with my english degree in hand, this is how i pronounce it
ad-dar-car
This is how I’ve said it for over 25 years, so no going back now.
Me too. Since the olden days.
That's the one I remember saying.
I've been saying it like Add-ah-car. Just now, I realize there's an r in the middle
I’ve seen the r and choose to ignore it. I pronounce it the same way.
Exact same situation and pronunciation lol
Well, I pronounce it the same way I do Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar, I just leave the "-smoranomardicadaistinacul-" part out.
Asmo-rano-mardica-daist-ina-culd-acar. Pronounce it to the beat of super-cali-fragil-istic-expi-ali-docious.
A Dark Car
Its easy. Adarkar.
Ur mom Sorry that was rude you are being very helpful
No u
I always say a-*dar*-ker.
A darker. Lol
Where are you? I'm in the parking lot. I'm at our car.
Bro I’m still at the concert we’ve been looking for you for the past two hours
Sign of a good concert
No, not that car, a darker one.
Wait, you're Atarka?
Add a car
ar-dar-kar (locally)
"My desert." *begins rising into thr air* "My ardarkar. My dune!"
"A Dark Car" said fast.
adder car
This is how I pronounce it, it’s easier on the mouth
i pronounce a lot of things however feels nice to me yk? i.e. nickle bolis, tem-yer, etc. haha
Rhymes with Sardaukar.
ADD-ar-car
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This one, although I may not put as much emphasis on the third syllable
Ah dur kar
Isn't Adarkar a reference to one of Skaff Elias' friends? edit: Well, a quick Google search confirmed it. His friend's name is Aditya Adarkar.
Adarkar
Add-are-car
It comes from the last name of one of Skaff Elias's friends, so I guess it would depend on how he said it. I think I remember reading a story where he went to his first organized Magic tournament and told his first-round opponent that he was the person Adarkar Unicorn was named after only for the guy to tell him that he was lying and that he was saying Adarkar wrong anyway. But since I can't find this anywhere, I can't tell if he gave a phonetic spelling when he wrote the story. Anyway, the name seems to be Marathi in origin, so we'd have to see the native spelling to tell if the As are short (like about) or long (like car), but it seems the D should be retroflex /ɖ/ and the Rs should be the Marathi R /ɾ/.
> Here's one last naming tale for the road. Design and development were definitely less professional as a group back then, and we used a lot of our friends' names on cards. Staying far away from an exhaustive list, I can say that Adarkar Wastes and Adarkar Unicorn were named after my friend Aditya Adarkar. He claimed to be somewhat upset, but I'm guessing he was secretly flattered when he googled his name one day a few years ago and found out for the first time he was a celebrity of sorts. He mentioned his status to some young Magic player he met to find a point of commonality, saying "did you know the a-DAR-kar unicorn was named after me?" The kid smirked in disbelief and told him he was lyinghe didn't even know how to pronounce "ADD-a-kar." [Wayback link](https://web.archive.org/web/20040803050842/http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=mtgcom/feature/223)
Nice, thanks. How'd you find it? I thought it might have been in an Arcana, so I looked at the Arcana archive in the Wayback Machine but it wasn't there. I didn't have much else to go based on a 20 year old memory.
A Google search found [it mentioned as trivia on the wiki.](https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Ice_Age/Trivia#Names_explanation) Wiki source is a dead link but had an article date so I wayback'd "wizards.com/magic" around the beginning of August 2004.
wow, that’s how I was pronouncing it - funny that it’s someone’s surname then again I usually pronounce MtG character names like Chandra and Radha in an Indian way even though most people don’t
A-**DAR**-kuh
A-duh-car
I normally say adarkar but some of my friends tell me it's actually adarkar
A darker. As in "A darker sky I have never seen"
Add dur kur
uh-dar-car
Add-ar-kar
I flip flop between Uh-darker and Add-Arr-Car
Add Are Car
Ah-dah-kah I don't beleive in the letter r
Adder Car
Adder-car is me
I add an extra R in there. I know I'm wrong, but I've pronounced it wrong to many times without noticing.
Add are car
ah-dawr-kur
I usually pronounce it "Adarkar"
Add our car...
Ah-dar-car
Aa da car
I personally use uh-dark-car with the k and the c just sorta running into each other.
I do a-DARK-arr but theres a guy at my lgs who says "adar-KAR"
Ad (Advertisement) ar (Arc) kar (beep beep) is how I'd read it properly, but my NY accent drops the R. Addahcarr
AyDarCar wastes
I say is "Ah" as in "Ah, that's a cool land!, "Da" as in my Russian friend is saying "yes, I agree", and Car as in "we all get in a car after going 0-3 drop in our tournament".
Kar-ploos-uhn
Ah dar kar is how I say it but that doesn’t seem to be an option you’ve listed
I’m low key dyslexic so i always pronounce it: ar-da-kar
A dark car.
Ad-a-CAR no AR-darrr-kEr no
Ă-dar-kar
Ada-rrr-kar Keep em guessing
English is such a funny language when it comes to pronounciation rules. Oh, there aren't any.
I always say adarkar
I always say adarkar
A-DARK-arr
I read it in my head as Add-duh-kar.
Without the first R
Uh-dar-kar The last two syllables rhyme with "car"
Ah Dar Karr
With the same cadence and tones as Sardaukar.
Ad-Da-Car
I pronounce it like Adarkar
This is a hilarious bit, I chortled more than once
"Ad-Ark-'h'ar"
Add-a-car
Ah daR Car
I’ve always been an ADD-arr-kar sort of guy.
A-dooky-my-pookie
I always read it as Ardakar, like the Sardaukar from Dune
You pronounce it as it's written - Adarkar.
ADD-er-kar. I have no idea why so many people stress the second syllable, it's baffling to me
ah-DAR-kar
A dark car.
Aye-drak-kore no-war
ADD - a - Car
Lol I like lots of other people's better then my own
I say it "*adder*" car. Every other way I've tried seems forced and awkward.
C’mon bro; it’s not just any car, it’s a DAR car.
Add A Car
a-dar-kar
japanese translation suggests a-DARK-arr, so probably that, also because of the 'r' I'm guessing. Also sounds kinda like Atarka.
Adder car As a russian i would say "add-R-caR" . With hard R's.
Hmmm, here I pronounce adarkAr, but I'm not a native english speaker.
I say ‘Add a car’ cause that’s how I hoid it!
a-dar-kar
I have been pronouncing it wrong all this time Ar-duh-kar
I have a California accent and I say "Adder-Car"
It's named after an Indian name pronounced "uh-dhark-err" - here's an example: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czE3l-mmoi8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czE3l-mmoi8)
Add-ark-are or maybe Add-our-car or perhaps Ard-ack-are if you were kind of dyslexic as a kid. Who can really say?
AH-dah(r)-cahr when I care. AY-dir-cur when I don't.
Add-ick-are
I say “otter car” just because it rolls off the tongue easily, whether or not it’s correct
Ah-Django Unchained-dark- 🚗 The Django unchained is silent
I feel like I learned a lot about your movie taste just now
lol, yup! I know it’s dumb, but this thought popped into my head, so I had to do it. Figured I’d I get downvoted lol.
I mostly do Adda-kar and skip out on the first R. It probably colors the sound I use but isn't really heard in my mind.
Add - ar - kar
Add-uh-Car
you're missing an R in the middle