gari

gari (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of garri (“West African food made from cassava”).

From Japanese ガリ.

gari (uncountable)

1. Thinly sliced marinated ginger served as a condiment with sushi.

• ragi, Gair, Ağrı, Riga, agri, agri-

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognates include Somali gerí.

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈri/ [ɡʌˈɾɪ]
• Hyphenation: ga‧ri

garí f 

1. giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡari/ [ˈɡʌɾɪ]
• Hyphenation: ga‧ri

gári

1. near

gári m 

1. surroundings, environment

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “gàri”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004) Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, →ISBN, page 24
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[2], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

From Proto-Basque *gali.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ɡaɾi/ [ɡa.ɾi]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aɾi, -i
• Hyphenation: ga‧ri

gari inan

1. wheat

• “gari”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “gari”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

• Hyphenation: ga‧ri
• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈɾi/ [ɡaˈɾi]

garí

1. (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) to look like; seem; as if

   Synonym: garo

   Gari may maabot ki tawo.

   It looks like someone is coming.

   Gari punaw na siya.

   S/he seems to be hungry.

garí

1. (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) ostensibly; apparently; seemingly

   Synonym: garo

   Nag-uli siya sa balay gari pagal hali sa trabaho.

   S/he went home seemingly tired from work.

Cognate with Duwai gər, Lagwan ghu.

• IPA^(key): /ɡà.ɽíː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ɡə̀.ɽíː]

gàrī m (plural garūruwā̀, possessed form gàrin)

1. town, village

• garu

• → Tal: garii

• birni

• IPA^(key): /ɡàː.ɽíː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ɡàː.ɽíː]

gā̀rī m (possessed form gā̀rin)

1. flour
2. powder, powdered substance

• Newman, Paul (2007) A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 71.

• garik

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡariʔ]

gari

1. shirt
2. blouse

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡari/ [ˈɡa.ri]
• Rhymes: -ari
• Syllabification: ga‧ri

Borrowed from Hindi कड़ी (kaṛī) via Malay gari.

gari

1. manacles (a shackle for the wrist, usually consisting of a pair of joined rings; a handcuff)

   Synonym: borgol

gari (active menggari, passive digari)

1. (transitive) to manacle (to confine with manacles)

   Synonym: borgol

Borrowed from Japanese ガリ (gari).

gari

1. gari (thinly sliced marinated ginger served as a condiment with sushi)

• “gari” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
• “menggari” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

gari

1. Rōmaji transcription of がり

From Yoruba gàrí.

gàrí

1. cassava flour

garī

1. genitive singular of garum

gari m

1. nominative/vocative plural of gars

gari

1. nominative masculine plural of garš

gari

1. long; adverbial form of garš

   gari un plaši skaidrot ― to explain long and broadly (= fully, thoroughly)

   gari stiepts svilpiens ― a long drawn whistle

   gari elpo Jānelis ― Jānelis breathes long (= draws a long breath)

From Hindi कड़ी (kaṛī).

• IPA^(key): /ɡari/
• Rhymes: -ari, -ri, -i

gari (Jawi spelling ݢاري, plural gari-gari)

1. handcuffs; manacles

• Indonesian: gari

• “gari” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Borrowed from Swahili gari, from Hindi गाड़ी (gāṛī).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.ri/

gari class 5 (plural magari class 6)

1. car (automobile)
2. vehicle

• “gari” in Outils & Ressources pour l'Exploitation de la Langue Comorienne, 2008.

Named after French businessman Aleixo Gary, who in 1876 was contracted by the government of Rio de Janeiro to provide sanitation services.

• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: ga‧ri

gari m or f by sense (plural garis)

1. (Brazil) street sweeper

   Synonyms: varredor de rua, (Portugal, informal) almeida

• “gari”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “gari”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

gari

1. well-cooked and ready to eat (of food)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

gari

1. jaundice

• Wilner, John, editor (2003-2007), “gari”, in Languages of Suriname, 5th edition, SIL International, Sranan-English Dictionary

Borrowed from Omani Arabic قاري (gāri, “car”),^[1] from Hindi गाड़ी (gāṛī, “cart, car”)/Urdu گاڑی (gāṛī) or Persian گاری (gâri, “cart”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.ri/

• Audio (Kenya):

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gari class V (plural magari class VI)

1. car (automobile)

   kuendesha gari ― to drive a car

2. vehicle (any vehicle, including wagons and trains)

• Nominal derivations:
  • garimoshi (“train”)

• motokaa

• → Chichewa: galimoto
• → Kamba: ngali
• → Kikuyu: ngari
• → Maore Comorian: gari
• → Meru: ngari

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡarɪ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaːri/, /ˈɡari/

gari

1. soft mutation of cari

• gaàrí

From Hausa gā̀rī.

• IPA^(key): /ɡà.ɾí/

gàrí

1. cassava flour
2. A liquid food made with cassava flour and water

gàrí

1. (idiomatic) to feed; to sustain

• → Krio: gari