धरि

Until or as Far as

Level 2Sounds Like dhari

धरि marks an end point in time or place.

How It Works

Type	Example
time	साँझ धरि रहू। (Stay until evening.)
place	स्टेशन धरि जाउ। (Go as far as the station.)
range	भोर सँ साँझ धरि (from morning until evening)

धरि also forms questions with कखन (when): अहाँ कखन धरि रहब? (How long, until when, will you stay?).

Use भरि, not धरि, when you mean "all through" a period: दिन भरि (all day long). धरि names the end; भरि covers the whole stretch.

Hindi uses तक for the same idea. Do not borrow it: write धरि.

साँझ धरि रहू।
Stay until evening.
धरि marks the end time.
हम स्टेशन धरि गेलहुँ।
I went as far as the station.
धरि marks the end of the trip.
भोर सँ साँझ धरि काज अछि।
There is work from morning until evening.
सँ and धरि give a range.
अहाँ कखन धरि रहब?
Until when will you stay?
कखन धरि asks for an end time.
ई बस पटना धरि जाइत अछि।
This bus goes as far as Patna.
धरि sets the last stop.

Using the Hindi word.
साँझ तक रहू।
साँझ धरि रहू।
तक is Hindi. Maithili uses धरि.

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धरिLevel 2Until or as Far as

धरि marks where a range ends, and सँ marks where it starts.

धरिसँकखनभरि

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