What it means
اداری (edâri) is the adjective built from اداره (edâre), meaning administrative, official, or bureaucratic. Like اداره, it traces back to Arabic إدارة (idâra) from the root أدار (adâra, to manage). In practice edâri describes anything belonging to, or characteristic of, official state channels: forms, procedures, language, delays. A close contrast is خصوصی (khosusi, private), which belongs to the non-state sphere. In formal contexts you may also encounter سازمانی (sâzmâni, organizational) as a near-synonym, but edâri more strongly implies governmental bureaucracy.
How to use it
- کارهای اداری من هنوز تموم نشده. (Kârhâ-ye edâri-ye man hanuz tamum nashode.) “My administrative matters are still not finished.”
- این نامه لحن اداری داره. (In nâme lahn-e edâri dâre.) “This letter has an official, bureaucratic tone.”
- وقت اداری دیگه تموم شده. (Vaqt-e edâri dige tamum shode.) “Official hours are already over.”
- برای این کار مجوز اداری لازمه. (Barâ-ye in kâr mojuz-e edâri lâzeme.) “For this you need an administrative permit.”
Cultural note
The adjective edâri does double duty in Persian: it can be neutral and descriptive, as in ساختار اداری (sâkhtâr-e edâri, administrative structure), but it also carries a mild sigh of resignation when used in everyday speech. Saying this is an edâri problem to an Iranian signals that a solution will take time, require forms, and likely involve multiple offices. The adjective sometimes implies something is impersonal and slow by design, not merely by accident.