tarî

Definition of tarî

dark, black, darkness, darkness of night

Other forms

tarik tạry̰ḵ (Gurani), tạry̰ḵ (Sorani)

Etymology

From Avestan tąθra-"darkness".

Proto-Germanic *derkaz,
Old High German tarchanjan "to hide, conceal",
Old English deorc "without light, lacking light or brightness (especially at night), obscure, gloomy", figuratively "sad, cheerless; sinister, wicked",
Middle English derk "dark",
Persian taryk "dark",
Pashto twr,
Tajik torik.

Updated on March 6, 2023

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The Avestan language relating to the ancient Aryen (later on Iranian) language in which it is written, closely related to Vedic Sanskrit. Ancient Iranian language that survived in sacred texts centuries after it went extinct, from Avesta "sacred books of the Zoroastrians (Zarahustra)" earlier Avistak, literally “books”.

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