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farsi

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Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
8
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈfɑː(ɹ)si/

Definition of farsi

4 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

name

  1. (proscribed)Synonym of Persian (the language).
    “That the Farsi or Persian is not a language derived from the Pehlevi, but a collateral and independent tongue, seems to be sufficiently certain.”
    “In July 1984, Radio Iran Toilers began broadcasting in Farsi from Afghanistan; by the end of 1988 it was transmitting twenty-one hours a week.”
    “The method of writing Farsi is logical, although reading can be trickier, as one has to guess at the unwritten consonants of unfamiliar words.”
    “We chatted away in Farsi.”
    “For instance, in Farsi pošt means 'back' (noun) as in pošt=am dard mikonad 'my back hurts' […]”
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name

  1. (proscribed)Synonym of Persian (the language).
    “That the Farsi or Persian is not a language derived from the Pehlevi, but a collateral and independent tongue, seems to be sufficiently certain.”
    “In July 1984, Radio Iran Toilers began broadcasting in Farsi from Afghanistan; by the end of 1988 it was transmitting twenty-one hours a week.”
    “The method of writing Farsi is logical, although reading can be trickier, as one has to guess at the unwritten consonants of unfamiliar words.”
    “We chatted away in Farsi.”
    “For instance, in Farsi pošt means 'back' (noun) as in pošt=am dard mikonad 'my back hurts' […]”
  2. (informal, proscribed)Iranian Persian, as opposed to Dari (Afghan Persian) and Tajik (Tajik Persian).

noun

  1. (uncountable)An argot of hijras, or catamites, in North India and Pakistan.

adj

  1. (proscribed)Persian

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Etymology

Apparently first used widely in English in the late 1960s or early 1970s. From Persian فارسی (fârsi), meaning "relating to Fars", the Arabicized form of the name of the province…

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Apparently first used widely in English in the late 1960s or early 1970s. From Persian فارسی (fârsi), meaning "relating to Fars", the Arabicized form of the name of the province of Pars (Early New Persian پَارْس (pārs)) which was adopted in Iran following the Arab conquest of Persia in the 7th century. The sense for the hijra argot is from Hindi फ़ारसी (fārsī) from the same word.

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