Dari Persian
- noun
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persa dari
- As one of the two official languages of Afghanistan, Dari Persian holds significant cultural importance.
Examples
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Many government documents in Afghanistan are written in Dari Persian.
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I learned to speak Dari Persian during my time in Kabul.
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She learned to speak Dari Persian after moving to Kabul for work.
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Is Dari Persian difficult to learn?
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As one of the two official languages of Afghanistan, Dari Persian holds significant cultural importance.
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Many government documents in Afghanistan are written in Dari Persian.
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She learned to speak Dari Persian after moving to Kabul for work.
Synonyms
A language spoken mainly in Afghanistan that is one of the country's official languages
A form of Persian spoken in Afghanistan and used as an official language
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the variety of Persian spoken mainly in Afghanistan' is directly derivable from combining 'Dari' (a named Persian variety) with 'Persian' (the language); a B1 learner who knows both constituent words can infer it refers to that specific variety. This is a straightforward compositional naming pattern (variety + language) that is cross-linguistically common, so the expression is transparent.
Etymology
Dari Persian may come from an old word for the king's 'court' or 'court speech', because people in the court spoke a clear, formal form of Persian. So Dari Persian became the name for the variety of Persian used in Afghanistan, especially for official and formal speaking.
