دري

darī(fr. dara, q.v.), adj. Of or pertaining to a valley or glen, living or found in valleys or hills (e.g. kabk-ě-darī, q.v.s.v. kabk);—s.f. (fr. dara, or fr. dar, 'gate'; 'palace'), Name of one of the three surviving dialects of the seven anciently spoken in Persia (said by some to be the dialect of a certain district comprehending Balkh, Bukhārā, Badakhshān, Marū-ShāhJahān, Bāmiyān, and other mountainous parts; and by others to have been spoken at the court of the monarchs of the Kaiānian dynasty, and called the language of the court and of paradise).