Dari
The variety of the Persian language that is chiefly used in Afghanistan, contrasted…The variety of the Persian language that is chiefly used in Afghanistan, contrasted with varieties spoken elsewhere such as Iranian Persian or Tajik.
» She doesn't speak Pashto, but Dari.
Sie sprechen nicht Paschtunisch, sondern Dari. — mhr
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3 sensesThe variety of the Persian language that is chiefly used in Afghanistan, contrasted with varieties spoken elsewhere such as Iranian Persian or Tajik.
Dari
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дарі́darí
(historical, uncommon)A variety of Middle Persian which served as the court language of the late Sasanian Empire.
Dari
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A language primarily spoken in the Yazd and Kerman areas of Iran.
Examples
6 sentencesShe doesn't speak Pashto, but Dari.
deSie sprechen nicht Paschtunisch, sondern Dari. — mhr
My dream is to study Dari in Kabul.
The people of that country speak a language that they call 'Dari'.
In Afghanistan they speak Pashto, Dari, and a number of regional minority languages.
Dari is a dialect of the Persian language.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Classical Persian دَرِی (darī, “Persian (language); courtly”), of disputed oBorrowed 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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