DARI

Dari, Dari Persian

(noun) an Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Proper noun

Dari

A variety of Middle Persian, the court language of the late Sassanid period and of classical Persian poetry.

The dialect of the Persian language as spoken natively by approximately one-half of the population in Afghanistan and serves as the interethnic lingua franca for the vast majority of the population; also referred to as Eastern Persian, Afghan Persian, or simply Persian.

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.

Anagrams

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

Etymology

Noun

dari (uncountable)

(archaic) synonym of sorghum

Anagrams

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

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

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