Dari

See also dari, and darı

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Persian دری (darī), of disputed origin, probably from دربار (darbār) meaning royal court. The use of the name 'Dari' in English is a recent development, the language formerly being known as 'Persian' to English speakers.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑːri

Proper noun

Dari

1. A variety of Middle Persian, the court language of the late Sassanid period and of classical Persian poetry.
2. The dialect of the Persian language as spoken by approximately one-half of the population in Afghanistan; also referred to as Eastern Persian, Afghan Persian, or simply Persian.
3. A language of the Central Iranian family spoken by up to 15,000 people (mostly Zoroastrians) in the Yazd and Kerman areas, also known as Gabri or Gabar.

Translations

variety of Middle Persian

Arabic: درية (ar) (daríyya) f., دري (ar) (dariy) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 達利語 (cmn), 达利语 (cmn) (Dálǐ-yǔ), 達裏語 (cmn), 达里语 (cmn) (Dálǐ-yǔ) French: dari (fr) m. German: Dari (de) n. Hindi: दरी (hi) (darī) f. Italian: dari (it) m.

Japanese: ダリー語 (ja) (Darī-go) Korean: 다리어 (ko) (Dari-eo) Persian: دری (fa) (darī) Polish: dari (pl) n. Russian: дари (ru) (darí) m. Spanish: dari (es) m. Urdu: دری (ur) (darī) f.

Eastern Persian

Arabic: درية (ar) (daríyya) f., دري (ar) (dariy) m. Catalan: dari (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 達利語 (cmn), 达利语 (cmn) (Dálǐ-yǔ), 達裏語 (cmn), 达里语 (cmn) (Dálǐ-yǔ) French: dari (fr) m. German: Dari (de) n. Hindi: दरी (hi) (darī) f. Irish: Dairis (ga) f.

Japanese: ダリー語 (ja) (Darī-go) Korean: 다리어 (ko) (Dari-eo) Persian: دری (fa) (darī) Polish: dari (pl) n. Russian: дари (ru) (darí) m. Spanish: dari (es) m. Urdu: دری (ur) (darī) f.

See also

• Persian
• Pashto

External links

• Ethnologue entry for Eastern Persian Dari, prs
• Ethnologue entry for Zoroastrian Dari, gbz

Anagrams

• arid
• raid, RAID
• riad

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin Darius

Proper noun

Dari m. 

1. Darius