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Dari

Pronunciation: /ˈdɑːɹi/

The English word “Dari” has 3 meanings listed here.

proper noun

  1. The variety of the Persian language that is chiefly used in Afghanistan, contrasted with varieties spoken elsewhere such as Iranian Persian or Tajik.
  2. 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.

Etymology

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.

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