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 term was adopted by the government of Afghanistan in 1964 as the official name of the varieties of Persian spoken in the country, which has become the most common usage of the term since.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑːɹi/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːɹi

Proper noun

Dari

2. The variety of the Persian language that is chiefly used in Afghanistan, contrasted with varieties spoken elsewhere such as Iranian Persian or Tajik.

   Synonym: Afghan Persian

   Hypernyms: Eastern Persian (Including Tajik), Persian (All varieties)

3. (historical, now less common) A variety of Middle Persian which served as the court language of the late Sasanian Empire.
4. A language primarily spoken in the Yazd and Kerman areas of Iran.

   Synonyms: Gabri, Gabar

Translations

variety of Persian spoken in Afghanistan

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

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

• Czech: darí n, afghánská perština f
• 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)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: derî (ku) f, zimanê derî f

• Marathi: दरी f (darī)
• Pashto: دري (ps) f (dari)
• Persian:

  Dari: دَرِی (darī), فَارْسِیِ اَفْغَانِسْتَان (fārsī-yi afġānistān), فَارْسِیِ دَرِی (fārsī-yi darī)

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

• Polish: dari (pl) n
• Portuguese: dari (pt) m
• Russian: дари́ (ru) m (darí)
• Shughni: Дари зив (Dari ziv)
• Spanish: dari m
• Swedish: dari (sv) c
• Tajik: дарӣ (tg) (dari)
• Turkish: Derice (tr)
• Ukrainian: дарі́ m (darí)
• Urdu: دَری f (darī)
• Uzbek: dariy tili
• Wakhi: Дари зик (Dar-i zik)
• Yaghnobi: Дарӣ зивок (Dari zivok)
• Yazghulami: Дари звег (Dari zveg)

variety of Middle Persian

• Arabic: دَرِيَّة f (dariyya), دَرِيّ m (dariyy)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 達利語 / 达利语 (zh) (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)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: derî (ku) f

• Marathi: दरी f (darī)
• Persian:

  Classical Persian: دَرِی (darī)

  Iranian Persian: دَری (dari)

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

See also

• Persian
• Pashto

Further reading

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

Anagrams

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

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Dārius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [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 Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈda.riː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈdaː.ri]

Proper noun

Darī m pl (genitive Darōrum); second declension

1. A tribe of India mentioned by Pliny

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

	plural
nominative	Darī
genitive	Darōrum
dative	Darīs
accusative	Darōs
ablative	Darīs
vocative	Darī

References

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

Lun Bawang

Proper noun

Dari

1. a female given name

References

• ⁠Ricky Ganang et al. (2008), “Dari”, in Kemaloh Lundayeh–English Dictionary, Borneo Research Council, →OCLC, page 63