Editing Dari (section)

== Cultural influence ==
Dari Persian has contributed to the majority of Persian borrowings in several [[Indo-Aryan languages]], such as [[Urdu]], [[Hindi]], [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]] and others, as it was the administrative, official, cultural language of the [[Persianate]] [[Mughal Empire]] and served as the [[lingua franca]] throughout the [[Indian subcontinent]] for centuries. Often based in [[Afghanistan]], Turkic [[Ghaznavids|Central Asian]] conquerors brought the language into South Asia.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EQJHAQAAQBAJ&q=ghaznavids+brought+persian+to+south+asia&pg=PA18|title=South Asian Sufis: Devotion, Deviation, and Destiny|access-date=23 April 2015|isbn=978-1-4411-5127-8|last1=Bennett|first1=Clinton|last2=Ramsey|first2=Charles M.|date=2012-03-01|publisher=A&C Black }}</ref> The basis in general for the introduction of Persian language into the subcontinent was set, from its earliest days, by various Persianized Central Asian Turkic and Afghan dynasties.<ref>Sigfried J. de Laet. [https://books.google.com/books?id=PvlthkbFU1UC&dq=persian+language+in+anatolia&pg=PA734 ''History of Humanity: From the seventh to the sixteenth century''] UNESCO, 1994. {{ISBN|9231028138}} p 734</ref> The sizable Persian component of the Anglo-Indian loan words in English and in [[Urdu]] therefore reflects the Dari Persian pronunciation. For instance, the words [[dopiaza]] and [[pyjama]] come from the Afghan Persian pronunciation; in Iranian Persian they are pronounced ''do-piyāzeh'' and ''pey-jāmeh''. Persian lexemes and certain morphological elements (e.g., the ''ezāfe'') have often been employed to coin words for political and cultural concepts, items, or ideas that were historically unknown outside the South Asian region, as is the case with the aforementioned "borrowings". Dari Persian has a rich and colorful tradition of [[proverb]]s that deeply reflect Afghan culture and relationships, as demonstrated through the works of [[Rumi]] and other literature.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Five people from Afghanistan who shaped Middle Eastern history |url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/discover/five-afghanistan-who-shaped-middle-east-history-rumi |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=Middle East Eye |language=en}}</ref><ref>Zellem, Edward. 2012. {{cite web|url=http://www.afghanproverbs.com/|title=Zarbul Masalha: 151 Afghan Dari Proverbs|publisher=Charleston: CreateSpace|access-date=9 November 2012|archive-date=31 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231183158/http://www.afghanproverbs.com/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>Zellem, Edward. 2012. {{cite web|url=http://www.afghanproverbs.com/|title=Afghan Proverbs Illustrated|publisher=Charleston: CreateSpace|access-date=9 November 2012|archive-date=31 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231183158/http://www.afghanproverbs.com/|url-status=live}}</ref>