φαρσί

Greek

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish فارسی (farsî),[1] from Persian فارسی (fârsi) “the language Farsi, Persian”.[2]

"Among the old Turks of the Ottoman Empire […] Persian [was] the language of poetry and romantic literature." (and therefore eloquently spoken)[3]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /farˈsi/
  • Hyphenation: φαρ‧σί

Adverb

φαρσί • (farsí)

  1. (idiomatic, of languages and subjects) fluently, correctly, perfectly
    Μιλάει τα γερμανικά, φαρσί.
    Miláei ta germaniká, farsí.
    He/She speaks German perfectly.
    Ξέρω το μάθημα της ιστορίας φαρσί.
    Xéro to máthima tis istorías farsí.
    I know my history lesson perfectly.

Noun

φαρσί • (farsí) n pl

  1. Farsi (the language)
    Τα φαρσί είναι η περσική γλώσσα.
    Ta farsí eínai i persikí glóssa.
    Farsi is the Persian language.

References
  1. Kriaras, Emmanuel (1995) Νέο ελληνικό λεξικό της σύγχρονης δημοτικής γλώσσας [Modern Greek Dictionary of the Contemporary Demotic Language, Written and Spoken], Athens: Ekdotike Athenon
  2. φαρσί - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
  3. 1958, Patrick Leigh Fermor Mani, London: John Murray, page 166.
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