Dari
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/
- Rhymes: -ɑːɹi
Proper noun
Dari
- 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)
- (historical, now less common) A variety of Middle Persian which served as the court language of the late Sasanian Empire.
- A language primarily spoken in the Yazd and Kerman areas of Iran.
Translations
variety of Persian spoken in Afghanistan
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variety of Middle Persian
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See also
Further reading
- Ethnologue entry for Eastern Persian Dari, prs
- Ethnologue entry for Zoroastrian Dari, gbz
- Dari on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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Proper noun
Dari m
- a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Darius
Latin
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈda.riː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈd̪aː.ri]
Proper noun
Darī m pl (genitive Darōrum); second declension
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.