واری

Persian

Etymology

From ـواری (-wārī / -vâri, “-ness”), from ـوار (-wār / -vâr) +‎ ـی (-ī / -i). Related to synonymous Tajik барин (barin).

Pronunciation

• • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [wɑː.ɾeː], [wɑː.ɾiː]

Readings
Dari reading?	wārē, wārī

Preposition

واری • (wārē or wārī)

1. (Dari, colloquial) like, as (similar to)

   Synonyms: (Hazaragi) اَدْلِی (adlī), (more formal) مثل (misl-i / mesl-e)

   آدَم وَاری! ― ādam wārē! ― behave! (literally, “[act] like a human!”)

   قَنْد وَاری شِیرِین ― qand wārē šīrīn ― sweet as sugar.

   او مثل ما واری یک انسان اس ― ū misl-i mā wārē yak insān as ― he is a human, like us.

Usage notes

• Unlike its standard counterpart مثل (misl-i / mesl-e), واری is used after the noun. So آدم واری (ādam wārē, “like a human”) would be equivalent to formal Persian مثل آدم (misl-i ādam / mesl-e âdam). It may also be used in combination with مثل (misl-i / mesl-e) on both sides of the noun.

Further reading

• “واری”, in The Wilson English - Dari Dictionary (Webonary), SIL International, 2013
• Rzehak, Lutz (2025), Alireza Korangy, Behrooz Mahmoodi-Bakhtiari, editors, The Handbook of Persian Dialects and Dialectology, Springer Nature Singapore, →ISBN, Spoken Persian in Afghanistan: The Colloquial Standard of Dari, page 220

Punjabi

Etymology

From وار (vār). Compare Urdu باری (bārī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ʋäː.ɾiː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

وارِی • (vārī) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਵਾਰੀ)

1. (games) turn
2. round
3. chance

References

• “واری”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026