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Persian
Etymology
20th-century learned borrowing from Middle Persian plʾhngstʾn' (frahangestān, “school”). By surface analysis, فرهنگ (farhang, “culture, knowledge, education”) + ـستان (-estân, “place of”).
Pronunciation
Readings
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Classical reading?
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farhangistān
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Dari reading?
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farhangistān
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Iranian reading?
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farhangestân
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Tajik reading?
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farhangiston
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Noun
فرهنگستان • (farhangestân) (plural فرهنگستانها (farhangestân-hâ))
- academy
- Synonym: (dated) آکادمی (âkâdemi)
فرهنگستان زبان و ادب فارسی- farhangestân-e zabân o adab-e fârsi
- Academy of Persian Language and Literature
References
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “frahang”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 32
- http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/farhangestan
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “فرهنگستان”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press