Dari is a term used to denote one of several closely related Persian dialects spoken in what used to be Greater Khorasan: Persian, (local name: Fārsī or Pārsī), is an Indo-European language spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and by minorities in Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Southern Russia, neighboring countries, and elsewhere. ... Nader Afshars tomb in Mashad. ...

• The official name for the Persian language in Afghanistan; see Dari (Afghanistan)
• One name used by Zoroastrians (the others being Gabri and Yazdi) to refer to the Northwestern Iranian language they speak; see Dari (Zoroastrian)
• Another name used to refer to the use of the Persian language in classical Persian poetry

The term Dari is usually said to derive from Pārsī-e Darbārī which means Persian of the (royal) courts. It developed at the royal courts of the Samanids (980 AD) in Central Asia and became the major language of Persia. Another theory is that comes from Dara, a word meaning 'valley', referring to the deep valleys of Khorasan, where the language developed. Persian, (local name: FārsÄ« or PārsÄ«), is an Indo-European language spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and by minorities in Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Southern Russia, neighboring countries, and elsewhere. ... Dari (دری) is the local written name for the Persian language in Afghanistan used mainly in official papers. ... The Iranian languages are a part of the Indo European language family. ... The main Zoroastrian fire temple in Yazd, Iran. ... Persian, (local name: FārsÄ« or PārsÄ«), is an Indo-European language spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and by minorities in Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Southern Russia, neighboring countries, and elsewhere. ... Persian literature is literature written in Persian, or by Persians in other languages. ... The Samanids (875-999) (in Persian: Samanian) were a Persian dynasty in Central Asia and eastern Iran, named after its founder Saman Khoda. ... Map of Central Asia showing three sets of possible boundaries for the region Central Asia located as a region of the world Central Asia is a vast landlocked region of Asia. ... Nader Afshars tomb in Mashad. ...

External links

• Daré entry in the Encyclopædia Iranica

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