Dari

See also: dari, däri, and darı

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دری (darī), of disputed origin, probably from دربار (darbār, “royal court”). The use of the name for the Afghan dialect of Persian in English is a recent development, the language formerly being known as Persian or Afghan Persian to English speakers.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑːɹi/
• Rhymes: -ɑːɹi

Proper noun

Dari

1. The dialect of the Persian language as spoken natively by approximately one-half of the population in Afghanistan and which serves as the interethnic lingua franca for the vast majority of the population; also referred to as Eastern Persian, Afghan Persian, or simply Persian.
2. (historical) A variety of Middle Persian, the court language of the late Sassanid period and of classical Persian poetry.
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: دَرِيَّة f (dariyya), دَرِيّ m (dariyy)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 達利語／达利语 (Dálìyǔ), 達里語／达里语 (Dálǐyǔ)

• Finnish: dari (fi)
• French: dari (fr) m
• German: Dari (de) n
• Hindi: दरी (hi) f (darī)
• Italian: dari (it) m
• Japanese: ダリー語 (ja) (ダリーご, darīgo)
• Korean: 다리어 (ko) (darieo)
• Marathi: दरी f (darī)
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: دَری (fa) (dari)

• Polish: dari (pl) n
• Portuguese: dari (pt) m
• Russian: дари́ (ru) m (darí)
• Spanish: dari m
• Urdu: دَری f (darī)

Eastern Persian

• Arabic: دَرِيَّة f (dariyya), دَرِيّ m (dariyy)
• Armenian: դարի (hy) (dari)
• Azerbaijani: dəri dili
• Belarusian: дары́ m (darý)
• Catalan: dari (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 達利語／达利语 (Dálìyǔ), 達里語／达里语 (Dálǐyǔ)

• Dari: دَرِی (fa) (darī)

  Classical Persian: دَرِی (fa) (darī)

• Finnish: dari (fi)
• French: dari (fr) m
• Georgian: დარი (dari)
• German: Dari (de) n
• Greek: νταρί (el) n (ntarí)
• Hebrew: דארי (dari)
• Hindi: दरी (hi) f (darī), दरी फ़ारसी f (darī fārsī)
• Irish: Dairis f
• Japanese: ダリー語 (ja) (ダリーご, darīgo)
• Korean: 다리어 (ko) (darieo)
• Marathi: दरी f (darī)
• Pashto: دري (ps) f (dari)
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: دَری (fa) (dari), فارْسیِ اَفْغانِسْتان (fârsi-ye afğânestân), پارْسیِ اَفْغانِسْتان (pârsi-ye afğânestân), فارْسیِ دَری (fârsi-ye dari)

• Polish: dari (pl) n
• Portuguese: dari (pt) m
• Russian: дари́ (ru) m (darí)
• Spanish: dari m
• Swedish: dari (sv) c
• Tajik: дарӣ (tg) (darī)
• Turkish: Darice (tr)
• Ukrainian: дарі́ m (darí)
• Urdu: دَری f (darī)
• Uzbek: dariy tili

See also

• Persian
• Pashto

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Eastern Persian Dari, prs ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Zoroastrian Dari, gbz ⁠
• Dari on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Aird, Dair, IARD, Irad, RAID, arid, dira, raid, riad

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Dārius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈda.ɾi]

Proper noun

Dari m

1. a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Darius

Latin

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈda.riː/, [ˈd̪äriː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈda.ri/, [ˈd̪äːri]

Proper noun

Darī m pl (genitive Darōrum); second declension

1. A tribe of India mentioned by Pliny

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Darī
Genitive	Darōrum
Dative	Darīs
Accusative	Darōs
Ablative	Darīs
Vocative	Darī

References

• Dari in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.