فارسی

See also: فارسي‎ and فارسى‎

Persian
Fârsi

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic فَارْسِي‎ (fārsī), from Persian پارسی‎ (pârsi, “Persian, Persic”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /fɔɾˈsi/

Adjective

فارسی • (fârsi)

  1. Persian, Persic
    ‏توی شیراز یه فرش فارسی خریدم.‎‎
    tu-ye širâz ye farš-e fârsi xaridam.
    I bought a Persian rug in Shiraz.

Derived terms
  • زبان فارسی‎ (zabân-e fârsi)

Noun
Dari فارسی
Iranian Persian
Tajik форсӣ (forsī)

فارسی • (fârsi)

  1. Persian (the language of Ancient Persia).
  2. Persian (the language of modern Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan, and widely spoken in Uzbekistan).
    ‏برادر شوهرش فارسی بلده.‎‎
    barâdar-e šowhareš fârsi balad-e.
    Her husband's brother knows Persian.
  3. Persian, main ethnic group of Iran.
    ‏فارسی هستیم.‎‎
    fârsi hastim.
    We are Persian.

Derived terms
  • فارسی تاجیکی‎ (fârsi-ye tâjiki)
  • فارسی دری‎ (fârsi-ye dari)
  • فارسی‌خوان‎ (fârsi-xân)
  • فارسی‌دان‎ (fârsi-dân)
  • فارسی‌زبان‎ (fârsi-zabân)

Descendants
  • → Catalan: farsi
  • → English: Farsi
  • → Finnish: farsi
  • → Punjabi: ਫ਼ਾਰਸੀ (fārsī)
  • → Turkish: Fars

See also

Urdu

Etymology

From Classical Persian فارسی‎ (fārsī), from Arabic فَارْسِي‎ (fārsī), from Early New Persian پارسی‎ (pârsi, “Persian”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

فارسی • (fārsī) (Hindi spelling फ़ारसी)

  1. Persian, Persic; Persianate

Noun

فارسی • (fārsī) f (Hindi spelling फ़ारसी)

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

Derived terms
  • فارسِیَّت‎ (fārsīyyat, “Persianization”)
  • فارسی داں‎ (fārsī-dā̃)
  • فارسی خواں‎ (fārsī-xā̃)

See also

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