See also: فارسي and فارسى

Persian

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Fârsi

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Etymology

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From Arabic فَارِسِيّ (fārisiyy), from Early New Persian پَارْسِی (pārsī, Persian, Persic).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? fārsī
Dari reading? fārsī
Iranian reading? fârsi
Tajik reading? forsi
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Adjective

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فارْسی (fârsi)

  1. Persian, Persic
    تویِ شیراز یِه فَرْشِ فارْسی خَریدَم.
    tu-ye širâz ye farš-e fârsi xaridam.
    I bought a Persian rug in Shiraz.

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Noun

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Dari فارسی
Iranian Persian
Tajik форсӣ

فارْسی (fârsi)

  1. Persian (the language of modern Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan, and widely spoken in Uzbekistan).
    Hyponyms: فارسی ایرانی (fârsi êrâni), دری (dari), تاجیکی (tâjiki)
    بَرادَرِ شُوْهَرِش فارْسی بَلَدِه.
    barâdar-e šowhareš fârsi balad-e.
    Her husband's brother knows Persian.
  2. Persian (the language of Ancient Persia).
  3. Persian, main ethnic group of Iran.
    فارْسی هَسْتیم.fârsi hastim.We are Persian.

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Descendants

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  • Catalan: farsi
  • Czech: (uncommon) fársí
  • English: Farsi
  • Finnish: farsi
  • Punjabi: ਫ਼ਾਰਸੀ (fārsī)
  • Turkish: Fars

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Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian فَارْسِی (fārsī), from Arabic فَارِسِي (fārisī), from Early New Persian پَارْسِی (pārsī, Persian).

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Adjective

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فارْسِی (fārsī) (Hindi spelling फ़ारसी)

  1. Persian, Persic; Persianate

Noun

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فارْسِی (fārsīf (Hindi spelling फ़ारसी)

  1. Persian (language)
  2. (archaic) a person of Persian ethnicity or heritage; a person from Persia
    Synonym: ایرانی (īrānī)

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References

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  • فارسی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.