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Persian
Etymology
From Middle Persian (plsng /frasang/, “parasang”). Compare the Iranian borrowings: Ancient Greek παρασάγγης (parasángēs), Latin parasanga, Old Armenian հրասախ (hrasax), Arabic فَرْسَخ (farsaḵ), Aramaic פַּרְסָה, פַּרְסָא (parsâ), Mishnaic Aramaic פָּרָשָׁה (pārāšâ), Classical Syriac ܦܪܣܚܐ (prsḥʾ /parsḥā/).
Pronunciation
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farsang
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| Dari reading?
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farsang
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| Iranian reading?
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farsang
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farsang
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Noun
فرسنگ • (farsang) (plural فرسنگها (farsang-hâ))
- farsang, parasang (unit of distance, comparable to a league)
2006, Omid Soltâni, “Entezâr”, in Entezâr:به من از فرسنگها دوری تو گرمی حرم نفسهات میرسه- be man az farsang-hâ duri-e to, garmi-e horm-e nafas-hât mi-rese
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Descendants
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “փարսախ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 491a
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “فرسنگ”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 183–184
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “frasang”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 32