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English
Etymology
Compare Ottoman Turkish داری (modern Turkish darı) and Arabic ذُرَة (ḏura).
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Pronunciation
Noun
dari (uncountable)
- (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
- Radi, raid, Rida, RAID, arid, dira, Dair, riad, Aird, Irad, IARD
Afar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdari/
- Hyphenation: da‧ri
Noun
dári m
- 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)
- Dari; Eastern Persian (an Indo-Aryan language of Afghanistan)
- Synonym: persa oriental
Finnish
Etymology
From Persian دری.
Pronunciation
Noun
dari
- Dari (variety of Persian)
Declension
Further reading
French
Etymology
From Persian دری.
Pronunciation
Noun
dari m (uncountable)
- 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)
- 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
Etymology
Inherited from Malay dari.
Pronunciation
Preposition
dari
- from
See also
Further reading
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈda.ri/
- Rhymes: -ari
- Hyphenation: dà‧ri
Noun
dari m
- plural of dare
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
Verb
darī
- present passive infinitive of dō
Latvian
Verb
dari
- inflection of darīt:
- second-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Malay
Etymology
First attested in the Kedukan Bukit inscription, 683AD.
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Pronunciation
Preposition
dari (Jawi spelling دري)
- from
- of (expresses belonging)
Juan Carlos I dari Sepanyol- Juan Carlos I of Spain
Antonyms
Derived terms
Further reading
Maltese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Present participle of dara (“to get used to”). Diachronically from Arabic دَارٍ (dārin).
Adverb
dari
- formerly, in the past
- as usual
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
dari
- pronominal form of dar: my house
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
dari
- Dari (language)
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈda.ri/
- Rhymes: -ari
- Syllabification: da‧ri
Noun
dari n (indeclinable)
- Dari
Further reading
- dari in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Noun
dari m (uncountable)
- Dari (variety of Middle Persian)
Sicilian
Etymology
From Latin dare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈda.ɾi/, /ˈɾa.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: dà‧ri
Verb
dari
- to give
Derived terms
Spanish
Noun
dari m or f by sense (plural daris)
- Dari
Swahili
Pronunciation
Noun
dari class V (plural madari class VI)
- 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