ari

ari

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Arikara.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Arikara terms

Back-formation from plural arinj, inherited plural of Old Albanian ar 'bear', shortening of *arth, where -th was mistaken for a diminutive suffix, from Proto-Albanian *artsa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos.^[1] In clusters of two stops (here: tḱ), the first element (here: t) was regularly lost in Proto-Albanian.

• IPA^(key): /aˈɾi/

ari m (plural arinj, definite ariu, definite plural arinjtë)

1. (zoology) bear

• arushë
• arushan
• arushkë
• ari polar

• “ari”, in FMGJSH: Fjalor i madh i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2026

• IPA^(key): /ari/
• Hyphenation: a‧ri

From Javanese ꦲꦫꦶ (ari, “sibling”), from Old Javanese ari, aḍi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *huaji, from Proto-Austronesian *Suaji.

ari (Balinese script ᬳᬭᬶ)

1. younger sibling

From Sanskrit हरि (hari, “name of Vishṇu-Kṛishṇa”).

ari (Balinese script ᬳᬭᬶ)

1. Vishnu

Borrowed from Old Javanese ari (“enemy”), from Sanskrit अरि (ari, “enemy”).

ari (Balinese script ᬅᬭᬶ)

1. ending
2. enemy

• “ari”, in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].

• IPA^(key): /aɾi/ [a.ɾi]
• Rhymes: -aɾi, -i
• Hyphenation: a‧ri

ari inan

1. (rare) activity

   Synonym: jardun

This word is mostly used as part of the auxiliary ari izan to mark the progressive aspect.

• “ari”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “ari”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

From Proto-Malayic *ari, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *waʀi, from Proto-Austronesian *waʀi.

• IPA^(key): /ari/

  • Audio (Bekasi):

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• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: a‧ri

ari

1. day

   Synonym: sari

2. period of time

• Chaer, A. (2009) [1976], “ari”, in Kamus dialek Jakarta [Dictionary of the Jakarta dialect], revised edition (in Indonesian), Depok: Masup Jakarta, →ISBN, page 17

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːɾii̥/

ari

1. moon

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈa.ɾi]

ari (feminine ària, masculine plural aris, feminine plural àries)

1. Aryan

ari m (plural aris, feminine ària, feminine plural àries)

1. Aryan

• “ari”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

• ali — imperative

From the same root as diri (“here”) and kari (“this”). Compare similar developments in anhi, anha, adto.

• Hyphenation: a‧ri
• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈɾi/ [ʔɐˈɾ̪i]

arí (Badlit spelling ᜀᜇᜒ)

1. to come; to go here (to a place near the speaker)

   Synonym: anhi

   Paaria si Jun-jun diri karon dayon.

   Let Jun-jun come here right now.

• Some dialects use adto instead. See there for more.

ari m (feminine aru)

1. this

ari

1. we

• “ari” in Gordon Koop, Lois Koop, Dicionário deni-português, Associação Internacional de Lingüística - SIL Brasil, 1985.

Clipping and -i diminutive of aranyos (“cute, sweet”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒri]
• Rhymes: -ri
• Hyphenation: ari
• Syllabification: a‧ri

ari (comparative aribb, superlative legaribb)

1. (colloquial) cute, sweet

ari

1. king

Compare Malay dari.

ari

1. from

From Old Norse ari, from Proto-Germanic *arô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃érō. Proto-Germanic preserved a zero-grade -n-suffix. This form is an Old Norse regularization as an an-stem masculine noun. Compare the doublet örn, which was inherited from the same Proto-Germanic word, but regularized as a u-stem similarly to björn.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːrɪ/
• Rhymes: -aːrɪ
• Homophone: Ari

ari m (genitive singular ara, nominative plural arar)

1. (poetic) eagle

   Synonym: örn

Borrowed from Tagalog hari, ultimately from Old Javanese haji, from Proto-Polynesian *qariki. Compare Kapampangan ari, Cuyunon adi, Central Bikol hadi, Cebuano hari, Waray-Waray hadi, Mansaka ari, Javanese ꦲꦗꦶ (aji), Malay aji, and distantly Māori ariki.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔaɾi/ [ˈʔɐ.ɾi]
• Hyphenation: a‧ri

ári (Kur-itan spelling ᜀᜎᜒ)

1. king

• agari

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ri/
• Rhymes: -a, -ri
• Hyphenation: a‧ri

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

ari

1. stable (a building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) ungulates, especially horses)

ari (active mengari, passive diari)

1. (transitive) to tether (to restrict with, or as if, with a tether)

   Synonym: tambat

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

ari

1. a thin layer; can be roughly translated as lamina

Unknown, probably learned borrowing from Sanskrit हरि (hari, “a snake”).

ari

1. ellipsis of ular ari (“a kind of snake”)

Influenced by Betawi ari (“day”).

ari (dialectal, Jakarta)

1. alternative form of hari (“day”)

• “ari”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

From Proto-Philippine *huaji, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *huaji, from Proto-Austronesian *Suaji.

ari

1. sibling ((younger) person who shares same parents)

ari

1. inflection of arare:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

• -irà, RAI, Rai, ira, rai, ria, rià

ari

1. Rōmaji transcription of あり

ari

1. romanization of ꦲꦫꦶ

ari

1. king

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *ari, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *waʀi, from Proto-Austronesian *waʀi.

ari

1. day

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *ari, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *waʀi, from Proto-Austronesian *waʀi.

• IPA^(key): /a.ɣi/

• Audio:

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ari

1. day

ari

1. second-person singular past indicative of art

Cognate with Lugbara àrḯ.

• IPA^(key): [àrɨ́]
• Hyphenation: a‧ri

ãrí

1. blood

• Mairi Blackings; Nigel Fabb (2003), A Grammar of Ma'di, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 45

• IPA^(key): /ˈari/, [ˈa.ri]
• Hyphenation: a‧ri

Inherited from Proto-South Sulawesi *adi, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *huaji, Proto-Austronesian *Suaji (“younger sibling”).

ari (Lontara spelling ᨕᨑᨗ)

1. younger sibling

   Synonym: andiʼ (Lakiung)

Compare Javanese ꦲꦫꦶ (ari, “to rest, stop, stay”).

ari (Lontara spelling ᨕᨑᨗ)

1. precategorial root expressing rest, or stop

• Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek [Makasar-Dutch dictionary], 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Borrowed from Javanese ari, from Old Javanese aḍi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *huaji, from Proto-Austronesian *Suaji.

• (schwa-variety, /a/-variety, Standard Literary) IPA^(key): /ˈari/ [ˈa.ri]
• Rhymes: -ri, -i
• Hyphenation: a‧ri

ari (Jawi spelling اري, plural ari-ari or ari²)

1. Javanese form of adik

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian [Term?], compare Māori ariki.

• IPA^(key): /ārì/
• Hyphenation: a‧ri

arì

1. king

From Proto-Polynesian *qali (“bare, exposed, clearly visible”). Cognate with Rarotongan ari (“sparkling (of water)”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈari/ [ˈɐɾi]

ari

1. (stative) clear, evident, visible

• whakaari

• John C. Moorfield (2011), “ari”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index‎^[1], 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN

From Proto-Malayic *ari, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *waʀi, from Proto-Austronesian *waʀi. Cognate to Malay hari.

ari

1. day

• matoari

• Kamus Minangkabau - Indonesia [Minangkabau - Indonesian Dictionary]‎^[2] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, 1985, page 24

Mokilese numbers ^(edit)

←  1	2	3  →
General: riaw     Animate: roahmen     Long objects: rahpas     Pieces: riahkij     Serial counting number: ari     General ordinal: kariaw     Animate ordinal: karoahmen     Long objects ordinal: karahpas     Pieces ordinal: kariakij

ari

1. the numeral 2, used for serial counting

• Harrison, Sheldon P.; Albert, Salich Y. (1977), Mokilese-English Dictionary‎^[3], Honolulu: The University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 11
• Harrison, Sheldon P. (1976), Mokilese Reference Grammar‎^[4], Honolulu: The University Press of Hawaii

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *ari, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *waʀi, from Proto-Austronesian *waʀi.

• IPA^(key): /a.ɣi/

ari

1. day

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *huaji-q, compare Malay adik.

ari

1. younger sibling (sister or brother)

• aḍi
• hari

• Javanese: ari
• → Balinese: ari

From Sanskrit अरि (ari, “enemy”).

ari

1. enemy

• → Balinese: ari

ari

1. emphatic particle

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

ari

1. alternative spelling of harih, arih, hari, ari (“to soothe”)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

ari

1. to cease

• antĕn
• antun

From Proto-Germanic *arô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃érō (“eagle”).

ari m (genitive ara, plural arar)

1. eagle

   Synonym: ǫrn

   • 936 CE, Egill Skallagrímsson, Hǫfuðlausn 10.7–8:

     trað nipt Nara · náttverð ara

     the kinswoman of Nari [Hel] trampled the nightly meal of the eagle [CORPSES]

• Icelandic: ari
• Norwegian Nynorsk: are

Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “ari”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Not to be confused with arí

ari

1. really, well, then

ari

1. then

ari

1. edge, sharpness

• IPA^(key): [arʲ]

ari

1. second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of ara

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *ari, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *waʀi, from Proto-Austronesian *waʀi.

• IPA^(key): /a.ɣi/

ari

1. day

Sundanese register set
lemes	dupi
lemes ka sorangan	{{{les}}}
lemes ka batur	{{{leb}}}
loma	ari
cohag	{{{co}}}

ari (Sundanese script ᮃᮛᮤ)

1. as for; regarding

   Ari imahna Nénéng di palih mana ― Where is Neneng's House? (literally, “As for Neneng's house, at which direction is it?”)

2. if

   Synonym: lamun

   Paingan wé geus euweuh ari ku manéh dihakan kabéh mah! ― No wonder there aren't any left if you ate all of them!

3. when (at the time that) (usually followed by an inchoative verb

   Synonym: pas

   Ari gék, gubrag ngajengkang ― As I sat down, I fell down backwards

• "ari" in Maman Sumantri; Atjep Djamaludin; Achmad Patoni; R.H. Moch. Koerdie; M.O. Koesman; Epa Sjafei Adisastra. (1985), Kamus Sunda-Indonesia [Sundanese-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Department of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia
• "ARI", in Coolsma, S (1913), Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij

From Arabic [Term?].

• Audio (Kenya):

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ari class IX (plural ari class X)

1. eagerness, enthusiasm

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔaɾiʔ/ [ˈʔaː.ɾɪʔ]
• Rhymes: -aɾiʔ
• Syllabification: a‧ri

arì (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜒ)

1. property; asset; ownership

   Synonym: propyedad

2. (euphemistic) private parts; genitals

   Synonyms: maselang bahagi, (obsolete) punong-katawan, (obsolete) talapak

3. (rare) consideration; treatment

   Synonym: turing

4. (possibly obsolete) act of having; possession
5. (obsolete) act of taking for oneself what is not owned

   Synonyms: kuha, angkin

6. (obsolete) taking or considering something as good or bad

Borrowed from Malay jadi (“to become”), according to Zorc (1979), from Sanskrit जाति (jāti, “birth”). Compare Remontado Agta adi. Doublet of dati, hati, Henesis, and yari.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔaɾiʔ/ [ˈʔaː.ɾɪʔ]
• Rhymes: -aɾiʔ
• Syllabification: a‧ri

arì (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜒ) (now dialectal)

1. (Batangas) able; possible; allowed; acceptable

   Synonyms: maari, maaari, puwede, posible

   Ikaw ga ay aring pumasok dine?

   Are you allowed to enter here?

2. (Marinduque) fits; matches

   Synonyms: kasiya, bagay

   Ari baga sa paa mo?

   Does it fit your feet?

• (able; possible; allowed; acceptable): No longer used on its own in Standard Tagalog except in derived terms.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈɾi/ [ʔɐˈɾɪ], (colloquial) /ʔaˈɾe/ [ʔɐˈɾɛ]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: a‧ri

arí (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜒ) (chiefly dialectal, Batangas, Mindoro, Marinduque)

1. this one; this

   Synonyms: (Manila) ito, (Central Luzon) iri

   Ano ga ari?

   What is this?

• are

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈɾiʔ/ [ʔɐˈɾɪʔ]
• Rhymes: -iʔ
• Syllabification: a‧ri

arî (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜒ) (obsolete)

1. admiration of something in a mocking, frolicking, or taunting way

• “ari”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Serrano Laktaw, Pedro (1914), Diccionario tagálog-hispano‎^[5] (overall work in Tagalog and Spanish), Intramuros, Manila: Ateneo de Manila.
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎^[6] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835), Vocabulario de la lengua Tagala, primera y segunda parte. En la primera, se pone primero el Castellano, y despues el Tagalo. Y en la segunda al contrario, que son las raíces simples con sus acentos.‎^[7] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: La Imprenta nueva de D. José María Dayot, por Tomás Oliva.
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[8] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag.
  • page 25: “Admirarſe) Ari (pc) de algo por burla, retoço, o ẽſado”
  • page 96: “Ay) Ari (pc) admirandoſe, pero con burla, ſiburlandole aprietan lamano, o dan otro dolor”
  • page 342: “Hacienda) Ari (pp) o ajuar de caſa”
  • page 440: “Natura) Ari (pp) del hombre o dela muger”
  • page 492: “Poſeer) Ari (pp) algo con propiedad”
  • page 572: “Tenerlo) Ari (pp) por bueno or malo”
  • page 571: “Tener) Ari (pp) cualquier coſa”
  • page 578: “Tomar) Ari (pp) por ſuyo lo q̃ no lo es”
• Zorc, David Paul (1979–1983), Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 1, page 21

• (Nador) IPA^(key): [aɾɪ]

Inherited from Proto-Berber *ăʔrəβ.

ari (verbal noun tira, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵔⵉ) (transitive, intransitive)

1. to write; to be written

Inherited from Proto-Berber *aβV̆ri.

ari m (usually uncountable, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵔⵉ)

1. esparto

• Serhoual (2002)
• Abarrou (2024)

• IPA^(key): /ari/

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Etymology 1 sense 2 is a semantic loan from Arabic حَفِظَ (ḥafiẓa)

ari (intensive aorist ttari, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵔⵉ, Arabic spelling آري)

1. to protect, to be preserve (by God)

   Synonym: ḥfḍ

   آد اغ ياري ربّي، ياري كُن!

   ad ax yari ṛbbi, yari kʷn!

   May God protect us and you too!

   يورييِّ ربّي زغ غايانّ. ― yuri yyi ṛbbi zɣ ɣayann. ― God protected me from that.

3. to memorize by heart

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

ari (intensive aorist ttari, verbal noun tamarayt, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵔⵉ, Arabic spelling آري)

1. to substitute for someone, to replace someone

   يورييِّ ورڭاز اد غ تيضاف. ― yuri yyi urgaz ad x tiḍaf ― That man replaced me on my guard duty.

• Stroomer, Harry (2025), Dictionnaire berbère tachelḥiyt-français — Tome 1 a—e (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 188/1) (in French), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 384a

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔa.ɾi/

ari

1. (intransitive) to cry

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

From Proto-Turkic *ārï (“bee, wasp”). Compare Turkish arı and Turkmen ary.

ari (plural arilar)

1. bee