داوری

Persian

Etymology

داور (dâvar) +‎ ـی (-i).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [dɑː.wa.ˈɾiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɑː.wä.ɾíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɑː.wä.ɾíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪ɑː.wä.ɾíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪ɔː.wä.ɾí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɒː.væ.ɹíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ɔ.vä.ɾí]

Readings
Classical reading?	dāwarī
Dari reading?	dāwarī
Iranian reading?	dâvari
Tajik reading?	dovari

Noun

داوری • (dâvari)

1. arbitration
2. judgement

   Synonyms: حکم (hokm), قضاوت (qazâvat), قضا (qazâ)

3. rule

   Synonym: فرمانروایی (farmânravâyi)

   کیست‌ که‌ این‌ قوم‌ عظیم‌ را داوری‌ تواند؟

   kist ke in qowm-e azim râ dâvari tavânad?

   Who can rule such numerous folk?

4. litigation, dispute, quarrel
   • c. 1390, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfiẓ, “Ghazal 329”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Ḥāfiẓ]‎^[1]:

     با سیر اختر فلکم داوری بسیست
     انصاف شاه باد در این قصه یاورم

     bā sayr-i axtar-i falak-am dāwarī basē-st
     insāf-i šāh bād dar īn qissa yāwar-am

     By the motion of my star in the heavens, many are the quarrels that I face!
     May the king's justice be my supporter in this tale.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: داوری (daveri)

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “داوری”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press