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dari

/ˈdɑːɹi/

dari noun: synonym of sorghum.

Noun

dari (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) Synonym of sorghum.
    • 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.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...
    • I regard canary seed or dari as much superior to chicken grits[…]1901 June 21, “Rearing Chickens in the Spring”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 6, page 246
    Synonyms:
    sorghum

Proper noun capitalized: Dari

Dari

  1. The variety of the Persian language that is chiefly used in Afghanistan, contrasted with varieties spoken elsewhere such as Iranian Persian or Tajik.
    Synonyms:
    Afghan Persian
  2. (historical, uncommon) 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.
    Synonyms:
    Gabri, Gabar

dari meaning in Pashto

dari in Pashto

Dari
دري

Synonyms of dari

Origin of dari

Compare Ottoman Turkish داری (modern Turkish darı) and Arabic ذُرَة (ḏura).

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.

Phrases with dari

Words that rhyme with dari

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Questions about dari

What does dari mean?
Dari means synonym of sorghum.
What is dari in Pashto?
Dari in Pashto is دري. See Dari meaning in Pashto.
What part of speech is dari?
Dari can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce dari?
Dari is pronounced /ˈdɑːɹi/.

Words near dari in the dictionary

  1. dargue
  2. dargues
  3. Dargwa
  4. Dargwas
  5. Darha
  6. dari
  7. Dari Persian
  8. Daria
  9. Dariacore
  10. Darian
  11. Daribi

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dari (page history and authors); Dari (page history and authors); دري (Pashto) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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