جاری

See also: جاري

Khalaj

Noun

جاری (cârı) (definite accusative جاریݧ, plural جاریلار)

1. Arabic spelling of cârı (“sister-in-law, wife of one's brother”)

Declension

Declension of جاری

	singular	plural
nominative	جاری	جاریلار
genitive	جاریݧ	جاریلارؽݧ
dative	جاریقا	جاریلارقا
definite accusative	جاریݧ	جاریلارؽ
locative	جاریچا	جاریلارچا
ablative	جاریدا	جاریلاردا
instrumental	جاریلا	جاریلارلا
equative	جاریواره	جاریلارواره

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic جَارِي (jārī).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaː.ˈriː/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑː.ɾiː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑː.ɾiː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɑː.ɾiː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɔː.ɾi]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɒː.ɹiː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɔ.ɾi]

Readings
Classical reading?	jārī
Dari reading?	jārī
Iranian reading?	jâri
Tajik reading?	jori

Adjective

جاری • (jâri)

1. flowing, running
2. current (as of now)
3. current, prevailing, now-dominant
   • 2015, Ali Fani, “Be Tâ-hâ, be Yâ-sin”‎^[1]:

     به وحی الهی به قرآن جاری

     be vahy-e elâhi, be qor'ân-e jâri

     By the divine revelation, by the accepted Qur'an

Descendants

• → Assamese: জাৰি (zari), জাৰী (zari)
• → Bengali: জারি (jari)
• → Gujarati: જારી (jārī)
• → Kannada: ಜಾರಿ (jāri)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: जारी (jārī)

  Urdu: جارِی (jārī)

• → Maithili:

  Devanagari script: जारी (jārī)

  Tirhuta script: 𑒖𑒰𑒩𑒲 (jārī)

• → Marathi: जारी (jārī)
• → Odia: ଜାରି (jāri)
• → Punjabi: jārī

  Gurmukhi script: ਜਾਰੀ

  Shahmukhi script: جاری

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁yénh₂tēr.

Alternative forms

• یاری (yâri)

Noun

جاری • (jâri) (plural جاری‌ها)

1. co-sister-in-law (the wife of one's husband's brother)

Descendants

• → Khalaj: cârı

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جاری, from Arabic جَارِي (jārī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɑː.ɾiː/

Adjective

جاری • (jārī) (Hindi spelling जारी)

1. running, flowing
2. continuing, continuous, proceeding, prevailing

Further reading

• “جاری”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “جاری”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.