آری

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See also: اري, أري, and أرى

Ottoman Turkish[edit]

آری

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ārï (wasp, bee); cognate with Azerbaijani arı, Kazakh ара (ara), Kyrgyz аары (aarı), Turkmen ary, Tuvan ары (arı), Uyghur ھەرە (here) and Uzbek ari.

Noun[edit]

آری (arı)

  1. bee, any insect of the family Apidae
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Turkish: arı
  • Armenian: առը (aṙə)

Further reading[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *arïɣ (clean, pure), from *ạrï- (clean, pure, to be clean; to clean, purify) + *-ïg.

Adjective[edit]

آری (arı)

  1. clean, pure, free of flaws or imperfections
    Synonyms: پاك (pak), تمیز (temiz), خالص (halis), صفی (safi)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Persian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Persian [script needed] (ēwar, certainly, assuredly), from Old Persian [script needed] (adi-var, in truth, indeed).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Readings
Classical reading? ārē
Dari reading? ārē
Iranian reading? âri
Tajik reading? ore
  • (file)

Adverb[edit]

Dari آری
Iranian Persian آره
Tajik оре

آری (âri or ârê)

  1. (Dari or Iran literary, dated) yes
    Synonym: آه (āh)

Related terms[edit]

  • بلی (balē, yes) (Dari, Classical)
  • آه (āh, yeah) (colloquial Dari)
  • آره (âre) (Modern Iranian Spelling)
  • بله (bale, yes) (Iran)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 124