In the Cardassian language, dal is an Cardassian officer rank title which, in translation to Federation Standard, is approximately equivalent to a commander of comparable military or naval service organizations, such as Starfleet. The title of dal was in use in the 24th century by the Cardassian Guard agency of the Cardassian Central Command. (TLE - Terok Nor novel: Day of the Vipers)

	Enlisted ranks				Commissioned ranks							Flag ranks
Cardassian	gorr	garresh			gil	glinn		dalin	dal	gul		grand gul
												jagul	legate			gul-tar
Earth SF	CREW	PO2 PO1		CPO SCPO MCPO	ENS	LT		CMDR		CAPT FCAPT VICE CDORE		CDORE	RADM/2ADM	VADM/3ADM	4ADM	FADM/5ADM GADM
Starfleet & SFMC					ENS JG ENS ENS 1C	LT JG	LT	LT CMDR	CDR			CDORE 1ADM
	PVT	CPL	SGT MASTER SGT		2ND LT	1ST LT	CAPT	MAJOR	LT COL	COL		BRIG	GEN