یاری

Persian

Etymology

From یار (yâr) +‎ ـی (-i).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [jɑː.ˈɾiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [jɑː.ɾíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [jɑː.ɾíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [jɑː.ɾíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [jɔː.ɾí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [jɒː.ɹíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [jɔ.ɾí]

Readings
Classical reading?	yārī
Dari reading?	yārī
Iranian reading?	yâri
Tajik reading?	yori

Noun

یاری • (yâri)

1. aid, support, assistance

   Synonyms: کمک (komak), امداد (emdâd), مساعدت (mosâ'edat), مدد (madad)

2. friendship, intimacy, love

   Synonym: دوستی (dusti)

   • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 90:

     از یاری سلیم هرچند عار داری
     غیر از تو تا قیامت او را مباد یاری

     az yārī-yi salīm harčand ār dārī
     ğayr az tō tā qiyāmat ō rā mabād yārē

     Though you are ashamed of Selim's affections,
     May he have no beloved apart from you until the Resurrection!

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

3. (rare) wife of a woman's brother, or another wife of one's husband (who would traditionally have shared the same house)

Further reading

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “یاری”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

Ushojo

Etymology

From Persian یاری (yārī).

Noun

یاری (yārī)

1. friendship or acquaintance