dari

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Borrowed from Classical Persian دَرِی (darī, “Persian (language); courtly”), of disputed origin, probably from دَرْبَار (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.

Compare Ottoman Turkish داری (modern Turkish darı) and Arabic ذُرَة (ḏura).

67 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: دَرِيَّة (dariyya) — variety of Persian spoken in Afghanistan
• Arabic: دَرِيّ (dariyy) — variety of Persian spoken in Afghanistan
• Armenian: դարի (dari) — variety of Persian spoken in Afghanistan
• Azerbaijani: dəri dili — variety of Persian spoken in Afghanistan
• Bartangi: Дари зив (Dari ziv) — variety of Persian spoken in Afghanistan
• Belarusian: дары́ (darý) — variety of Persian spoken in Afghanistan
• Catalan: dari — variety of Persian spoken in Afghanistan
• Chinese Mandarin: 達利語 /达利语 (Dálìyǔ) — variety of Persian spoken in Afghanistan
• Chinese Mandarin: 達里語 /达里语 (Dálǐyǔ) — variety of Persian spoken in Afghanistan
• Czech: darí — variety of Persian spoken in Afghanistan
• Czech: afghánská perština — variety of Persian spoken in Afghanistan
• Finnish: dari — variety of Persian spoken in Afghanistan
• French: dari — variety of Persian spoken in Afghanistan
• Georgian: დარი (dari) — variety of Persian spoken in Afghanistan
• German: Dari — variety of Persian spoken in Afghanistan
• Greek: νταρί (ntarí) — variety of Persian spoken in Afghanistan
• Hebrew: דארי (dari) — variety of Persian spoken in Afghanistan
• Hindi: दरी (darī) — variety of Persian spoken in Afghanistan
• Hindi: दरी फ़ारसी (darī fārsī) — variety of Persian spoken in Afghanistan
• Irish: Dairis — variety of Persian spoken in Afghanistan
• Japanese: ダリー語 (darīgo) — variety of Persian spoken in Afghanistan
• Korean: 다리어 (darieo) — variety of Persian spoken in Afghanistan
• Northern Kurdish: derî — variety of Persian spoken in Afghanistan
• Northern Kurdish: zimanê derî — variety of Persian spoken in Afghanistan
• Marathi: दरी (darī) — variety of Persian spoken in Afghanistan
• Pashto: دري (dari) — variety of Persian spoken in Afghanistan
• Dari: دَرِی (darī) — variety of Persian spoken in Afghanistan
• Dari: فَارْسِیِ اَفْغَانِسْتَان (fārsī-yi afġānistān) — variety of Persian spoken in Afghanistan
• Dari: فَارْسِیِ دَرِی (fārsī-yi darī) — variety of Persian spoken in Afghanistan
• Iranian Persian: دَری (dari) — variety of Persian spoken in Afghanistan
• Iranian Persian: فارْسیِ اَفْغانِسْتان (fârsi-ye afġânestân) — variety of Persian spoken in Afghanistan
• Iranian Persian: پارْسیِ اَفْغانِسْتان (pârsi-ye afġânestân) — variety of Persian spoken in Afghanistan
• Iranian Persian: فارْسیِ دَری (fârsi-ye dari) — variety of Persian spoken in Afghanistan
• Polish: dari — variety of Persian spoken in Afghanistan
• Portuguese: dari — variety of Persian spoken in Afghanistan
• Russian: дари́ (darí) — variety of Persian spoken in Afghanistan
• Shughni: Дари зив (Dari ziv) — variety of Persian spoken in Afghanistan
• Spanish: dari — variety of Persian spoken in Afghanistan
• Swedish: dari — variety of Persian spoken in Afghanistan
• Tajik: дарӣ (dari) — variety of Persian spoken in Afghanistan
• Turkish: Derice — variety of Persian spoken in Afghanistan
• Ukrainian: дарі́ (darí) — variety of Persian spoken in Afghanistan
• Urdu: دَری (darī) — variety of Persian spoken in Afghanistan
• Uzbek: dariy tili — variety of Persian spoken in Afghanistan
• Wakhi: Дари зик (Dar-i zik) — variety of Persian spoken in Afghanistan
• Yaghnobi: Дарӣ зивок (Dari zivok) — variety of Persian spoken in Afghanistan
• Yazghulami: Дари звег (Dari zveg) — variety of Persian spoken in Afghanistan
• Arabic: دَرِيَّة (dariyya) — variety of Middle Persian
• Arabic: دَرِيّ (dariyy) — variety of Middle Persian
• Chinese Mandarin: 達利語 /达利语 (Dálìyǔ) — variety of Middle Persian
• Chinese Mandarin: 達里語 /达里语 (Dálǐyǔ) — variety of Middle Persian
• Finnish: dari — variety of Middle Persian
• French: dari — variety of Middle Persian
• German: Dari — variety of Middle Persian
• Hindi: दरी (darī) — variety of Middle Persian
• Italian: dari — variety of Middle Persian
• Japanese: ダリー語 (darīgo) — variety of Middle Persian
• Korean: 다리어 (darieo) — variety of Middle Persian
• Northern Kurdish: derî — variety of Middle Persian
• Marathi: दरी (darī) — variety of Middle Persian
• Persian: دَرِی (darī) — variety of Middle Persian
• Iranian Persian: دَری (dari) — variety of Middle Persian
• Polish: dari — variety of Middle Persian
• Portuguese: dari — variety of Middle Persian
• Russian: дари́ (darí) — variety of Middle Persian
• Spanish: dari — variety of Middle Persian
• Urdu: دَری (darī) — variety of Middle Persian