آری

See also: اري, أري, and أرى

Ottoman Turkish

آری

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ārï (“wasp, bee”); cognate with Azerbaijani arı, Kazakh ара (ara), Kyrgyz аары (aarı), Turkmen ary, Tuvan ары (arı), Uyghur ھەرە (here) and Uzbek ari.

Noun

آری • (arı)

1. bee, any insect of the family Apidae

Derived terms

• آری دیكنی (arı dikeni, “stinger”)
• آری قوشی (arı kuşu, “bee-eater”)
• آریلق (arılık, “beehive”)
• اشك آریسی (eşek arısı, “hornet”)
• یابان آریسی (yaban arısı, “wasp”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: arı
• → Armenian: առը (aṙə)

Further reading

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• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “arı2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 285
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “آری”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 15
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Apis”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[2], Vienna, column 70
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “آری”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[3], Vienna, column 151
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “arı1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “آری”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 75

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *arïɣ (“clean, pure”), from *ạrï- (“clean, pure, to be clean; to clean, purify”) + *-ïg.

Adjective

آری • (arı)

1. clean, pure, free of flaws or imperfections

   Synonyms: پاك (pak), تمیز (temiz), خالص (halis), صفی (safi)

Derived terms

• آریتلمق (arıtılmak, “to be cleaned, cleansed”)
• آریتمق (arıtmak, “to clean, cleanse”)
• آریلمق (arılmak, “to become clean”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: arı

Further reading

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• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “arı1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 285
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “آری”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[5], Constantinople: Mihran, page 15
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Purus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[6], Vienna, column 1410
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “آری”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[7], Vienna, column 152
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “arı2”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “آری”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[8], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 75

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (ēwar, “certainly, assuredly”), from Old Persian [script needed] (adi-var, “in truth, indeed”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ˈɑː.ɾeː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ˈɑː.ɾeː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ˈɑː.ɾeː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ˈɑː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ˈɔː.ɾeː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ˈɒː.ɹiː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ˈɔ.ɾe]

Readings
Classical reading?	ārē
Dari reading?	ārē
Iranian reading?	âri
Tajik reading?	ore

• Audio (Iran):

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Adverb

Dari	آری
Iranian Persian	آره
Tajik	оре

آری • (âri or ârê)

1. (Dari or Iran literary, dated) yes

   Synonym: آه (āh)

Related terms

• بلی (balē, “yes”) (Dari, Classical)
• آه (āh, “yeah”) (colloquial Dari)
• آره (âre) (Modern Iranian Spelling)
• بله (bale, “yes”) (Iran)