What does the word 「だまっとれ」mean?


It is in a sentence said by an old man who is speaking to a group of children.

おめえらは **だまっとれ** ！

I think it should be an imperative form of 「黙る」 but I found, in an online
dictionary, that the form is written as 「黙れ」.

Is this word in a form of a certain dialect?




There is another subsidiary verb, おる, in its imperative form.

黙っておる can be contracted to 黙っとる (see [this
chart](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/18159/5010)).

おる is mainly used to make a humble expression, but it's also used as an
arrogant, dialectal or a bit old-fashioned version of simple いる.

> [お・る〔をる〕【▽居る】](http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/34019/meaning/m0u/)  
>  ㋑「いる」の古風な、または尊大な言い方。また、「いる」に比べて方言的な響きを帯びる。「君はそこに―・ったのか」「都会にはセミも―・らんようになった」

So it just means "Keep silent!"




There is another subsidiary verb, おる, in its imperative form.

黙っておる can be contracted to 黙っとる (see [this
chart](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/18159/5010)).

おる is mainly used to make a humble expression, but it's also used as an
arrogant, dialectal or a bit old-fashioned version of simple いる.

> [お・る〔をる〕【▽居る】](http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/34019/meaning/m0u/)  
>  ㋑「いる」の古風な、または尊大な言い方。また、「いる」に比べて方言的な響きを帯びる。「君はそこに―・ったのか」「都会にはセミも―・らんようになった」

So it just means "Keep silent!"

