Dari vs. Farsi — What's the Difference?

Dari (دری, Darī, [daɾiː]) or Dari Persian (فارسی دری, Fārsī-ye Darī) is a political term used for the various dialects of the Persian language spoken in Afghanistan. Dari is the term officially recognized and promoted since 1964 by the Afghan government for the Persian language, hence it is known as Afghan Persian in many Western sources.

The modern form of the Persian language, especially the western dialect of Persian that is the national language of Iran.

See Persian.

A person of Iranian descent;

(archaic) sorghum

The language of Persia (Iran) in any of its ancient forms

An Iranian language spoken in Afghanistan