Dari

American

[dahr-ee] / ˈdɑr i /

noun

a form of Persian, spoken in Afghanistan.

Dari British

/ ˈdʌrɪ /

noun

the local name for the dialect of the Persian language spoken in Afghanistan

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Dari Saleh, who owns Marmaris Turkish restaurant, said: "We work here all day and evening and then something like this happens, we're scared, our customers, our business, you don't feel safe."

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025

Now, the network airs programming in four languages: Persian, Mandarin, Dari and Pashto.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2025

I would happily revisit any of these restaurants — especially for another brownie from Pegasus, paired with fries from Dari Delite, a banh mi from Ca Phe Song and more khao soi from Rachawadee.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 3, 2024

Its name, Dars, means lesson in Afghanistan's official languages of Dari and Pashto.

From BBC • Oct. 13, 2023

Twig reached down and started throwing fistfuls of snow at Dari, because she couldn’t be bothered to make snowballs.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller

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