الماری

Persian

Etymology

Ultimately borrowed from Portuguese armário, from Latin armārium. Likely via Pashto and Urdu الماری.

Pronunciation

Readings
Dari reading? almārī

Noun

Dari الماری
Iranian Persian کابینت
Tajik кабинет

الماری • (almārī) (Dari)

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

See also

Punjabi

Etymology

    Borrowed from Urdu اَلْماری (almārī).

    Pronunciation

    • (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /ələ̆.mäː.ɾiː/
    • Rhymes: -iː
    • Hyphenation: اَل‧ما‧ری

    Noun

    اَلْماری • (almārīf (Gurmukhi spelling ਅਲਮਾਰੀ)

    1. cupboard, shelf; almirah

    Declension

    Declension of الماری
    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, 2025
    • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “الماری”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

    Urdu

    Etymology

      Borrowed from Portuguese almario or armário, from Latin armarium (closet, chest), from arma (weapons, tools) +‎ -ārium (denoting a place where things are kept).

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      اَلْماری • (almārīf (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

      • ? Assamese: আলমাৰী (almari)
      • English: almirah
      • Kashmiri: اَلمٲرۍ (almạ̄r')
      • Marwari: अलमारी (almārī)
      • Nepali: आलमारी (ālmārī)
      • Pashto: المارۍ (almārə́y) (likely)
      • Punjabi:
        Gurmukhi script: ਅਲਮਾਰੀ (alamārī)
        Shahmukhi script: اَلْمَارِی (almārī)