فارسی

See also: فارسي and فارسى

Persian
Fârsi

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic فَارِسِيّ (fārisiyy), from Early New Persian پَارْسِی (pārsī, “Persian, Persic”).

Pronunciation
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  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [fɑːɾ.síː]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [fɑːɾ.síː]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [fɔːɾ.sí]

Readings
Classical reading? fārsī
Dari reading? fārsī
Iranian reading? fârsi
Tajik reading? forsī

Adjective

فارْسی • (fârsi)

  1. 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

Noun
Dari فارسی
Iranian Persian
Tajik форсӣ

فارْسی • (fârsi)

  1. 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.
  2. Persian (the language of Ancient Persia).
  3. Persian, main ethnic group of Iran.
    فارْسی هَسْتیم. ― fârsi hastim. ― We are Persian.

Derived terms

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

Adjective

فارْسِی • (fārsī) (Hindi spelling फ़ारसी)

  1. Persian, Persic; Persianate

Noun

فارْسِی • (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
  • 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.
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