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آری

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See also: اري, أري, and أرى

Ottoman Turkish

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آری

Etymology 1

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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

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آری (arı)

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

Further reading

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Etymology 2

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

Adjective

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آری (arı)

  1. clean, pure, free of flaws or imperfections
    Synonyms: پاك (pak), تمیز (temiz), خالص (halis), صفی (safi)
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Persian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

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Dari آری
Iranian Persian آره
Tajik оре

آری (âri or ârê)

  1. (Dari or Iran literary, dated) yes
    Synonym: آه (āh)
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  • بلی (balē, yes) (Dari, Classical)
  • آه (āh, yeah) (colloquial Dari)
  • آره (âre) (Modern Iranian Spelling)
  • بله (bale, yes) (Iran)

Descendants

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References

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