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Meaning of Dari | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/ˈdɑːɹi/

Definitions

  1. The variety of the Persian language that is chiefly used in Afghanistan, contrasted with varieties spoken elsewhere such as Iranian Persian or Tajik.
  2. Synonym of sorghum.
    archaic, uncountable
  3. A variety of Middle Persian which served as the court language of the late Sasanian Empire.
    historical, uncommon
  4. A language primarily spoken in the Yazd and Kerman areas of Iran.

Equivalents

العربية دري درية
Čeština darí
Deutsch Dari
Ελληνικά νταρί
Español dari
Suomi dari
Français dari
हिन्दी दरी
Italiano dari
日本語 ダリー語
한국어 다리어
Polski dari
Português dari
Русский дари
Svenska däri
Türkçe Derice

Examples

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

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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