Dari

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

• Rhymes: -ɑːri

Dari

1. A variety of Middle Persian, the court language of the late Sassanid period and of classical Persian poetry.
2. The dialect of the Persian language as spoken by approximately one-half of the population in Afghanistan; also referred to as Eastern Persian, Afghan Persian, or simply Persian.
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

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

From Latin Darius.

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

Dari m

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Darius

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈda.riː/

Darī m pl (genitive Darōrum); second declension

1. A tribe of India mentioned by Pliny

Second declension.

• Dari in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette