Ma'anar ƙamus na "mai ban dariya" ita ce: ta hanya mai ban sha'awa, ban dariya, ko ban dariya. Wani nau'i ne na karin magana na kalmar "mai ban dariya," wanda ke nufin siffata ta hanyar ban dariya ko zama mai ban sha'awa ko nishadantarwa. Idan aka yi amfani da shi a cikin jimla, ana amfani da “da raha” wajen kwatanta wani abu da aka faɗa ko aka yi ta hanyar da aka yi niyya don a yi dariya ko kuma a jawo dariya daga wasu.