الماری

Persian

Etymology

Ultimately borrowed from Portuguese armário, from Latin armārium. Likely via Pashto and Urdu الماری.

Pronunciation

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäl.mɑː.ɾíː]

Readings
Dari reading?	almārī

Noun

Dari	الماری
Iranian Persian	کابینت
Tajik	кабинет

الماری • (almārī) (Dari)

1. cupboard, shelf; almirah (of a kitchen)
2. closet, locker

See also

• دراور (dirāwar)
• کمد (komod)
• قفسه (qafasa)

Punjabi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der.

Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmosder.

Latin arma

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -ārius

Latin -ārium

Latin armāriumbor.

Portuguese armáriobor.

Urdu اَلْماری (almārī)bor.

Punjabi الماری

Borrowed from Urdu اَلْماری (almārī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ələ̆.mäː.ɾiː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: اَل‧ما‧ری

Noun

اَلْماری • (almārī) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਅਲਮਾਰੀ)

1. cupboard, shelf; almirah

Declension

Declension of الماری

	singular	plural
direct	اَلْماری (almārī)	اَلْمارِیاں (almārīyāṉ)
oblique	اَلْماری (almārī)	اَلْمارِیاں (almārīyāṉ)
vocative	اَلْمارئِیے (almār'iye)	اَلْمارِیو (almārīv)
ablative	اَلْمارِیوں (almārīvṉ)	—
locative	اَلْمارے (almāre)	اَلْمارِیں (almārīṉ)
instrumental	—	—

References

• “الماری”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026
• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “الماری”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der.

Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmosder.

Latin arma

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -ārius

Latin -ārium

Latin armāriumbor.

Portuguese armáriobor.

Urdu الماری

Borrowed from Portuguese almario or armário, from Latin armarium (“closet, chest”), from arma (“weapons, tools”) +‎ -ārium (“denoting a place where things are kept”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /əl.mɑː.ɾiː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

اَلْمَارِی • (almārī) f (Hindi spelling अलमारी)

1. cupboard, shelf; almirah

Declension

Declension of الماری

	singular	plural
direct	الماری (almārī)	المارِیاں (almāriyā̃)
oblique	الماری (almārī)	المارِیوں (almāriyō̃)
vocative	الماری (almārī)	المارِیو (almāriyō)

Descendants

• →? Assamese: আলমাৰী (almari) (or via Bengali)
• → Bengali: আলমাৰী
• → English: almirah, almira, almyrah
  • → Odia: ଆଲମିରା (ālamirā)
• → Kashmiri:

  Devanagari script: अल्मॉर्य (almạ̄r')

  Arabic script: اَلمٲرۍ (almạ̄r')

• → Marwari: अलमारी (almārī)
• → Mewari: अलमारी (almārī), अलबारी (albārī)
• → Nepali: आलमारी (ālmārī)
• → Pashto: المارۍ (almārə́y) (likely)
  • →? Dari: اَلْمَارِی (almārī)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਅਲਮਾਰੀ (alamārī)

  Shahmukhi script: اَلْمَارِی (almārī)

• → Ushojo: ارمارئی (armāray)