dari

See also: Dari, däri, and darı

English

Etymology

Compare Ottoman Turkish داری‎ (modern Turkish darı) and Arabic ذُرَة‎ (ḏura). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑːɹi/
• Homophone: Dari

Noun

dari (uncountable)

1. (archaic) Synonym of sorghum
   • 1876, Augustus Voelcker, “On the Theoretical and Practical Value of Purchased Food, and of its Residue as Manure”, in Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England (second series), volume 12, page 213:

     Foods, like locust-beans, or rice-meal, or dari-grain (a species of sorghum), which contain less than 8 or 9 per cent. of albuminoids, are too poor in nitrogenous substances to suit the requirements of the animal.

   • 1901 June 21, “Rearing Chickens in the Spring”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record‎^[1], volume 4, number 6, page 246:

     I regard canary seed or dari as much superior to chicken grits […]

Anagrams

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

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Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʌɾi/
• Hyphenation: da‧ri

Noun

dári m 

1. tapeworm

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

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Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Noun

dari m (uncountable)

1. Dari; Eastern Persian (an Indo-Aryan language of Afghanistan)

Synonyms

• persa oriental

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Finnish

Etymology

From Persian دری‎‎.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑri/, [ˈdɑri]
• Rhymes: -ɑri
• Syllabification^(key): da‧ri

Noun

dari

1. Dari (variety of Persian)

Declension

Inflection of dari (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		dari	—
genitive		darin	—
partitive		daria	—
illative		dariin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		dari	—
accusative	nom.	dari	—
	gen.	darin
genitive		darin	—
partitive		daria	—
inessive		darissa	—
elative		darista	—
illative		dariin	—
adessive		darilla	—
ablative		darilta	—
allative		darille	—
essive		darina	—
translative		dariksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		daritta	—
comitative		—	—

Possessive forms of dari (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	darini	darimme
2nd person	darisi	darinne
3rd person	darinsa

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Hausa

Etymology

Compare Tuareg forms like Tawellemmet adəri. As neither the Tuareg nor Hausa terms have a clear etymology, both may be borrowings from an unknown source.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dá.ɽìː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [də́.ɽìː]

Noun

darī̀ m (feminine daranyā̀, possessed form darìn)

1. korrigum (a kind of antelope)

Usage notes

The feminine form may be used as a generic term.

References

• Kossmann, Maarten (2005) Berber Loanwords in Hausa (Berber Studies; 12), Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, ISSN 1618-1425

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay dari.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da.ri/

Preposition

dari

1. from

See also

• ke

Further reading

• “dari” in Online Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language [Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia Daring], Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈda.ri/
• Rhymes: -ari
• Hyphenation: dà‧ri

Noun

dari m

1. plural of dare

Anagrams

• Idra, ardi, ardì, dirà, idra, radi, raid, rida, ridà

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈda.riː/, [ˈd̪äriː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈda.ri/, [ˈd̪äːri]

Verb

darī

1. present passive infinitive of dō

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Latvian

Verb

dari

1. 2nd person singular present indicative form of darīt
2. 2nd person singular imperative form of darīt

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Malay

Etymology

First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, 683AD.

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• Audio (MY)

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Preposition

dari (Jawi spelling دري‎)

1. from

   Dia datang dari Kanada.

   He comes from Canada.

2. of (expresses belonging)

   Juan Carlos I dari Sepanyol

   Juan Carlos I of Spain

Antonyms

• ke

Derived terms

• daripada

Further reading

• “dari” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaː.rɪ/
• Homophone: dahri

Etymology 1

From Arabic دَارِي‎ (dārī).

Adverb

dari

1. formerly, in the past
2. as usual

Etymology 2

See the lemma.

Noun

dari

1. pronominal form of dar: my house

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

dari

1. Dari (language)

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈda.ri/
• Rhymes: -ari
• Syllabification: da‧ri

Noun

dari n (indeclinable)

1. Dari

Further reading

• dari in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• dari in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Noun

dari m (uncountable)

1. Dari (variety of Middle Persian)

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Sicilian

Alternative forms

• rari

Etymology

From Latin dāre, present active infinitive of dō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈda.ɾɪ/, /ˈɾa.ɾɪ/
• Hyphenation: dà‧ri

Verb

dari

1. to give

Derived terms

• dari n'ucchiata

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Spanish

Noun

dari m or f (plural daris)

1. Dari

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Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Noun

dari (ma class, plural madari)

1. ceiling

Descendants

• → Malagasy: dary