Dari - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑːɹi/
• Rhymes: -ɑːɹi

Dari

1. 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)

2. (historical, now less common) A variety of Middle Persian which served as the court language of the late Sasanian Empire.
3. A language primarily spoken in the Yazd and Kerman areas of Iran.

   Synonyms: Gabri, Gabar

• Persian
• Pashto

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

Borrowed from Latin Dārius.

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

Dari m

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

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• (Classical Latin) 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.