فارسی
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Fârsi
Persian
Alternative forms
- پارْسی (pârsi)
Etymology
From Arabic فَارِسِيّ (fārisiyy), from Early New Persian پَارْسِی (pārsī, “Persian, Persic”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | fārsī |
| Dari reading? | fārsī |
| Iranian reading? | fârsi |
| Tajik reading? | forsī |
Adjective
فارْسی • (fârsi)
- Persian, Persic
- تویِ شیراز یِه فَرْشِ فارْسی خَریدَم.
- tu-ye širâz ye farš-e fârsi xaridam.
- I bought a Persian rug in Shiraz.
Derived terms
- زَبانِ فارْسی (zabân-e fârsi)
Noun
| Dari | فارسی |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | форсӣ |
فارْسی • (fârsi)
- 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.
- Persian (the language of Ancient Persia).
- Persian, main ethnic group of Iran.
- فارْسی هَسْتیم. ― fârsi hastim. ― We are Persian.
Derived terms
- فارْسیِ تاجیکی (fârsi-ye tâjiki)
- فارْسیِ دَری (fârsi-ye dari)
- فارْسیخوان (fârsi-xân)
- فارْسیدان (fârsi-dân)
- فارْسیزَبان (fârsi-zabân)
Descendants
- → Catalan: farsi
- → Czech: (uncommon) fársí
- → English: Farsi
- → Finnish: farsi
- → Punjabi: ਫ਼ਾਰਸੀ (fārsī)
- → Turkish: Fars
See also
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian فَارْسِی (fārsī), from Arabic فَارِسِي (fārisī), from Early New Persian پَارْسِی (pārsī, “Persian”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /fɑːɾ.siː/
- Hyphenation: فار‧سِی
Adjective
فارْسِی • (fārsī) (Hindi spelling फ़ारसी)
Noun
فارْسِی • (fārsī) f (Hindi spelling फ़ारसी)
- Persian (language)
- (archaic) a person of Persian ethnicity or heritage; a person from Persia
- Synonym: ایرانی (īrānī)
Derived terms
- فارْسِیَّت (fārsiyyat, “Persianization”)
- فارْسی داں (fārsī dā̃)
- فارْسی خواں (fārsī xā̃)
See also
References
- “فارسی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.