dari

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See also: Dari, daří, 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

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, volume 4, number 6, page 246:
      I regard canary seed or dari as much superior to chicken grits []

Anagrams

Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdari/
  • 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)

Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

dari m (uncountable)

  1. Dari; Eastern Persian (an Indo-Aryan language of Afghanistan)
    Synonym: persa oriental

Finnish

Etymology

From Persian دری.

Pronunciation

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
abessive daritta
instructive
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of dari (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative darini
accusative nom. darini
gen. darini
genitive darini
partitive dariani
inessive darissani
elative daristani
illative dariini
adessive darillani
ablative dariltani
allative darilleni
essive darinani
translative darikseni
abessive darittani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative darisi
accusative nom. darisi
gen. darisi
genitive darisi
partitive dariasi
inessive darissasi
elative daristasi
illative dariisi
adessive darillasi
ablative dariltasi
allative darillesi
essive darinasi
translative dariksesi
abessive darittasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative darimme
accusative nom. darimme
gen. darimme
genitive darimme
partitive dariamme
inessive darissamme
elative daristamme
illative dariimme
adessive darillamme
ablative dariltamme
allative darillemme
essive darinamme
translative dariksemme
abessive darittamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative darinne
accusative nom. darinne
gen. darinne
genitive darinne
partitive darianne
inessive darissanne
elative daristanne
illative dariinne
adessive darillanne
ablative dariltanne
allative darillenne
essive darinanne
translative dariksenne
abessive darittanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative darinsa
accusative nom. darinsa
gen. darinsa
genitive darinsa
partitive dariaan
dariansa
inessive darissaan
darissansa
elative daristaan
daristansa
illative dariinsa
adessive darillaan
darillansa
ablative dariltaan
dariltansa
allative darilleen
darillensa
essive darinaan
darinansa
translative darikseen
dariksensa
abessive darittaan
darittansa
instructive
comitative

Further reading

French

Etymology

From Persian دری.

Pronunciation

Noun

dari m (uncountable)

  1. Dari

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

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

Indonesian

Alternative forms

  • dr (abbreviation)

Etymology

Inherited from Malay dari.

Pronunciation

Preposition

dari

  1. from

See also

Further reading

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

dari m

  1. plural of dare

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

darī

  1. present passive infinitive of

Latvian

Verb

dari

  1. inflection of darīt:
    1. second-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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

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

Derived terms

Further reading

Maltese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Root
d-r-j
4 terms

Present participle of dara (to get used to). Diachronically from Arabic دَارٍ (dārin).

Adverb

dari

  1. formerly, in the past
  2. as usual

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

dari

  1. pronominal form of dar: my house

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:
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Noun

dari

  1. Dari (language)

Polish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

dari n (indeclinable)

  1. Dari

Further reading

  • dari in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Noun

dari m (uncountable)

  1. Dari (variety of Middle Persian)

Sicilian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin dare.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

dari

  1. to give

Derived terms

Spanish

Noun

dari m or f by sense (plural daris)

  1. Dari

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

dari class V (plural madari class VI)

  1. attic, loft
    • 1973, Mohammed S. Abdulla, Duniani kuna watu, page 3:
      [] juu ya hilo linalompeleka darini kwa baba yake wakati ule.
      about that which had him going to his father's attic at that time.

Descendants

  • Malagasy: dary