Dari

Borrowed from Classical Persian دری (darī), of disputed origin, probably from دربار (darbār, “royal court”). The use of the name for the Afghan dialect of Persian in English is a recent development, the language formerly being known as Persian or Afghan Persian to English speakers.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑːɹi/
• Rhymes: -ɑːɹi

Dari

1. The dialect of the Persian language as spoken natively by approximately one-half of the population in Afghanistan and which serves as the interethnic lingua franca for the vast majority of the population; also referred to as Eastern Persian, Afghan Persian, or simply Persian.
2. (historical) A variety of Middle Persian, the court language of the late Sassanid period and of classical Persian poetry.
3. A language of the Central Iranian family spoken by up to 15,000 people (mostly Zoroastrians) in the Yazd and Kerman areas, also known as Gabri or Gabar.

• Persian
• Pashto

• Ethnologue entry for Eastern Persian Dari, prs ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Zoroastrian Dari, gbz ⁠
• Dari on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Aird, Dair, IARD, Irad, RAID, arid, dira, raid, riad

Borrowed from Latin Dārius.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈda.ɾi]

Dari m

1. a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Darius

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• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈda.riː/, [ˈd̪äriː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈda.ri/, [ˈd̪äːri]

Darī m pl (genitive Darōrum); second declension

1. A tribe of India mentioned by Pliny

Second-declension noun, plural only.

• Dari in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.