یاری

From یار (yâr) +‎ ـی (-i).

یاری • (yâri)

1. aid, support, assistance

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

   • 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 122:

     ای دل از غیر مجو یاری واز خصم مترس
     دولت و سلطنت آنست که الله دهد

     ay dil az ġayr majō yārī w-az xasm matars
     dawlat u saltanat ān ast ki allāh dihad

     O heart, seek no support from others and fear not the adversary;
     Sovereignty and kingship are what is given by Allah.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

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
     ġayr 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)

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

From Persian یاری (yārī).

یاری (yārī)

1. friendship or acquaintance