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)

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

See also

• دراور (derāwer)
• کمد (komod)
• قفسه (qafase)

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese armário, from Latin armārium. Likely passed through intermediate languages (such as Urdu الماری (almārī)) before reaching Punjabi.

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
dir. sg.	اَلْماری (almārī)
dir. pl.	اَلْمارِیاں (almārīyāṉ)
	singular	plural
direct	اَلْماری (almārī)	اَلْمارِیاں (almārīyāṉ)
oblique	اَلْماری (almārī)	اَلْمارِیاں (almārīyāṉ)
vocative	اَلْمارِیے (almāriye)	اَلْمارِیو (almārīv)
ablative	اَلْمارِیوں (almārīvṉ)	اَلْمارِیاں (almārīyāṉ)
locative	—	—
instrumental	—	—

References

• “الماری”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “الماری”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmosder.

Latin arma

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

اَلْماری • (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

• → English: almirah
• → Pashto: المارۍ (almārə́y) (likely)
• → Persian:

  Dari: الماری (almārī)

• → Punjabi: الماری (almārī)