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