gari

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gari"

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English

Etymology 1

Noun

gari (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of garri (“West African food made from cassava”).

Etymology 2

From Japanese ガリ.

Noun

gari (uncountable)

1. Thinly sliced marinated ginger served as a condiment with sushi.

Translations

sliced marinated ginger

• Finnish: gari

Anagrams

• ragi, Gair, Ağrı, Riga, agri, agri-

Afar

Etymology 1

Gari (1).

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈri/ [ɡʌˈɾɪ]
• Hyphenation: ga‧ri

Noun

garí f

1. giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)

Declension

Declension of garí
absolutive	garí
predicative	garí
subjective	garí
genitive	garí
Postpositioned forms l-case garíl k-case garík t-case garít h-case garíh

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡari/ [ˈɡʌɾɪ]
• Hyphenation: ga‧ri

Adverb

gári

1. near

Noun

gári m

1. surroundings, environment

Declension

Declension of gári
absolutive	gári
predicative	gári
subjective	garí
genitive	garí
Postpositioned forms l-case gáril k-case gárik t-case gárit h-case gárih

References

• E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “gàri”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004), Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, →ISBN, page 24
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015), L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[2], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Basque

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Basque *gali.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaɾi/ [ɡa.ɾi]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾi, -i
• Hyphenation: ga‧ri

Noun

gari inan

1. wheat

Declension

Declension of gari (inan V-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	gari	garia	gariak	gariok
ergative	garik	gariak	gariek	gariok
dative	gariri	gariari	gariei	garioi
genitive	gariren	gariaren	garien	garion
comitative	garirekin	gariarekin	gariekin	gariokin
causative	garirengatik	gariarengatik	gariengatik	gariongatik
benefactive	garirentzat	gariarentzat	garientzat	gariontzat
instrumental	gariz	gariaz	gariez	gariotaz
inessive	garitan	garian	garietan	gariotan
locative	garitako	gariko	garietako	gariotako
allative	garitara	garira	garietara	gariotara
terminative	garitaraino	gariraino	garietaraino	gariotaraino
directive	garitarantz	garirantz	garietarantz	gariotarantz
destinative	garitarako	garirako	garietarako	gariotarako
ablative	garitatik	garitik	garietatik	gariotatik
partitive	garirik	—	—	—
prolative	garitzat	—	—	—

Further reading

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

Central Bikol

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈɾi/ [ɡaˈɾi]
• Hyphenation: ga‧ri

Adjective

garí (Basahan spelling ᜄᜍᜒ)

1. (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) to look like; seem; as if

   Synonym: garo

   Gari may maabot ki tawo.

   It looks like someone is coming.

   Gari punaw na siya.

   S/he seems to be hungry.

Adverb

garí (Basahan spelling ᜄᜍᜒ)

1. (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) ostensibly; apparently; seemingly

   Synonym: garo

   Nag-uli siya sa balay gari pagal hali sa trabaho.

   S/he went home seemingly tired from work.

Finnish

Etymology

< Japanese ガリ (“gari”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑri/, [ˈɡɑ̝ri]
• Rhymes: -ɑri
• Syllabification^(key): ga‧ri
• Hyphenation^(key): ga‧ri

Noun

gari

1. gari (thinly sliced pickled ginger, often served with sushi)

Declension

Inflection of gari (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		gari	garit
genitive		garin	garien
partitive		garia	gareja
illative		gariin	gareihin
		singular	plural
nominative		gari	garit
accusative	nom.	gari	garit
	gen.	garin
genitive		garin	garien
partitive		garia	gareja
inessive		garissa	gareissa
elative		garista	gareista
illative		gariin	gareihin
adessive		garilla	gareilla
ablative		garilta	gareilta
allative		garille	gareille
essive		garina	gareina
translative		gariksi	gareiksi
abessive		garitta	gareitta
instructive		—	garein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of gari (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative garini garini accusative nom. garini garini gen. garini genitive garini garieni partitive gariani garejani inessive garissani gareissani elative garistani gareistani illative gariini gareihini adessive garillani gareillani ablative gariltani gareiltani allative garilleni gareilleni essive garinani gareinani translative garikseni gareikseni abessive garittani gareittani instructive — — comitative — gareineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative garisi garisi accusative nom. garisi garisi gen. garisi genitive garisi gariesi partitive gariasi garejasi inessive garissasi gareissasi elative garistasi gareistasi illative gariisi gareihisi adessive garillasi gareillasi ablative gariltasi gareiltasi allative garillesi gareillesi essive garinasi gareinasi translative gariksesi gareiksesi abessive garittasi gareittasi instructive — — comitative — gareinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative garimme garimme accusative nom. garimme garimme gen. garimme genitive garimme gariemme partitive gariamme garejamme inessive garissamme gareissamme elative garistamme gareistamme illative gariimme gareihimme adessive garillamme gareillamme ablative gariltamme gareiltamme allative garillemme gareillemme essive garinamme gareinamme translative gariksemme gareiksemme abessive garittamme gareittamme instructive — — comitative — gareinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative garinne garinne accusative nom. garinne garinne gen. garinne genitive garinne garienne partitive garianne garejanne inessive garissanne gareissanne elative garistanne gareistanne illative gariinne gareihinne adessive garillanne gareillanne ablative gariltanne gareiltanne allative garillenne gareillenne essive garinanne gareinanne translative gariksenne gareiksenne abessive garittanne gareittanne instructive — — comitative — gareinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative garinsa garinsa accusative nom. garinsa garinsa gen. garinsa genitive garinsa gariensa partitive gariaan gariansa garejaan garejansa inessive garissaan garissansa gareissaan gareissansa elative garistaan garistansa gareistaan gareistansa illative gariinsa gareihinsa adessive garillaan garillansa gareillaan gareillansa ablative gariltaan gariltansa gareiltaan gareiltansa allative garilleen garillensa gareilleen gareillensa essive garinaan garinansa gareinaan gareinansa translative garikseen gariksensa gareikseen gareiksensa abessive garittaan garittansa gareittaan gareittansa instructive — — comitative — gareineen gareinensa

Hausa

Etymology

Cognate with Duwai gər, Lagwan ghu.

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /ɡà.ɽíː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ɡə̀.ɽíː]

Noun

gàrī m (plural garūruwā̀, possessed form gàrin)

1. town, village

Related terms

• garu

Descendants

• → Tal: garii

See also

• birni

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /ɡàː.ɽíː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ɡàː.ɽíː]

Noun

gā̀rī m (possessed form gā̀rin)

1. flour
2. powder, powdered substance

References

• Newman, Paul (2007), A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven; London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 71.

Iban

Alternative forms

• garik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡariʔ]

Noun

gari

1. shirt
2. blouse

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡari/ [ˈɡa.ri]
• Rhymes: -ari
• Syllabification: ga‧ri

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hindi कड़ी (kaṛī) via Malay gari.

Noun

gari

1. manacles (a shackle for the wrist, usually consisting of a pair of joined rings; a handcuff)

   Synonym: borgol

Verb

gari (active menggari, passive digari)

1. (transitive) to manacle (to confine with manacles)

   Synonym: borgol

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese ガリ (gari).

Noun

gari

1. gari (thinly sliced marinated ginger served as a condiment with sushi)

Further reading

• “gari”, 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
• “menggari”, 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

Japanese

Romanization

gari

1. Rōmaji transcription of がり

Krio

Etymology

From Yoruba gàrí.

Noun

gàrí

1. cassava flour

Latin

Noun

garī

1. genitive singular of garum

Latvian

Noun

gari m

1. nominative/vocative plural of gars

Adjective

gari

1. nominative masculine plural of garš

Adverb

gari

1. long; adverbial form of garš

   gari un plaši skaidrot ― to explain long and broadly (= fully, thoroughly)

   gari stiepts svilpiens ― a long drawn whistle

   gari elpo Jānelis ― Jānelis breathes long (= draws a long breath)

Ma'di

Gari.

Etymology

Borrowed from Swahili gari.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡárɨ̀]
• Hyphenation: ga‧ri

Noun

gárĩ (plural gárĩ)

1. bicycle

References

• Mairi Blackings; Nigel Fabb (2003), A Grammar of Ma'di, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 39

Malay

Etymology

From Hindi कड़ी (kaṛī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡari/
• Rhymes: -ari, -ri, -i

Noun

gari (Jawi spelling ݢاري, plural gari-gari or gari²)

1. handcuffs; manacles

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• penggari [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• menggari [agent focus] (meN-)
• digari [patient focus] (di-)
• tergari [agentless action] (teR-)
• bergari [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Descendants

• Indonesian: gari

Further reading

• "gari" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "gari" at PRPM first version)

Maore Comorian

Etymology

Borrowed from Swahili gari, from Hindi गाड़ी (gāṛī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.ri/

Noun

gari class 5 (plural magari class 6)

1. car (automobile)
2. vehicle

References

• “gari” in Outils & Ressources pour l'Exploitation de la Langue Comorienne, 2008.

Portuguese

Uma gari

Etymology

Named after French businessman Aleixo Gary, who in 1876 was contracted by the government of Rio de Janeiro to provide sanitation services.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈɾi/

• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: ga‧ri

Noun

gari m or f by sense (plural garis)

1. (Brazil) street sweeper

   Synonyms: varredor de rua, (Portugal, informal) almeida

Further reading

• “gari”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “gari”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “gari”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN

Sranan Tongo

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

gari

1. well-cooked and ready to eat (of food)

Etymology 2

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

Noun

gari

1. jaundice

References

• Wilner, John, editor (2003-2007), “gari”, in Languages of Suriname, 5th edition, SIL International, Sranan-English Dictionary

Swahili

gari

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ger-der.?

Proto-Dravidiander.?

Sanskrit गर्त॑ (gárta)?

Proto-Middle Indo-Aryan *𑀕𑀸𑀟𑁆𑀟 (*gāḍḍa)

Prakrit 𑀕𑀟𑁆𑀟 (gaḍḍa)

Hindi गाड़ी (gāṛī)bor.

Omani Arabic قاري (gāri)bor.

Swahili gari

Borrowed from Omani Arabic قاري (gāri).

Pronunciation

• (Unguja standard) IPA^(key): /ˈɠɑ.ɾi/

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Noun

gari class V (plural magari class VI)

1. car (automobile)

   kuendesha gari ― to drive a car

2. vehicle (any vehicle, including wagons and trains)

Derived terms

• Nominal derivations:
  • garimoshi (“train”)

Related terms

• motokaa

Descendants

• → Chichewa: galimoto
• → Kamba: ngali
• → Kikuyu: ngari
• → Luganda: eggaali
• → Ma'di: gárĩ
• → Maore Comorian: gari
• → Meru: ngari
• → Somali: gaari

Turkish

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic غَيْر (ḡayr). Doublet of gayr.

Adverb

gari

1. (dialectal, Isparta, Gaziantep, Kırşehir, Uşak, Anatolian Yörük dialect) from now on, going forward
   • 2026 June 21 (last accessed), YouTube‎^[3]:

     Sahilköy'deki arkeolojik çalışmalar sebebi belli olmayan nedenlerden ötrü durduruluverdi gari.

   • Moğollar (1994), “Dinleyiverin Gari”‎^[4] (in Turkish):

     Kul hakkı, yetim hakkı
     Palavradır palavra,
     Niyazidir şehitler
     Sızlamaz mı o kemikler?
     İnilerler gari,
     Gari de gari, gari.
     Yeşili inekler yedi,
     Denizi de timsahlar,
     Hazineyi yamyamlar,
     Memleketin içine edive'diler gari,
     Gari de gari, gari.

Usage notes

Considered a word used by Anatolian Yörüks (Turkish nomads) (along with frequent usage of the auxiliary verb vermek which is used more often than in other dialects).

Related terms

• gayri

Further reading

• “gari”, in Türkiye'de halk ağzından derleme sözlüğü [Compilation Dictionary of Popular Speech in Turkey] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1982

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡarɪ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaːri/, /ˈɡari/

Verb

gari

1. soft mutation of cari

Mutation

Mutated forms of cari

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cari	gari	nghari	chari

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• gaàrí

Etymology

From Hausa gā̀rī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡà.ɾí/

Noun

gàrí

1. cassava flour
2. A liquid food made with cassava flour and water

Verb

gàrí

1. (idiomatic) to feed; to sustain

Descendants

• → Krio: gari