Dari
[ˈdɑːri]Meaning
the variety of the Persian language spoken in Afghanistan
Background Story
Dari is the Afghan government's official term for the Persian language, adopted in 1964 as the official name of the varieties of Persian spoken in the country. The word was borrowed into English from Classical Persian دَرِی (darī), probably from دَرْبَار (darbār, "royal court").
Temperament
Variations
Darya, Dario
Related Names
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Recorded as a masculine given name in Old Norse and Welsh
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Doli
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DöRy
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