فرسخ

Arabic

From Northwestern Middle Iranian *frasax (“parasang”), cognate with Old Armenian հրասախ (hrasax) an Iranian loanword from same source. Compare Sorthwestern Iranian form, Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (plsng /⁠frasang⁠/) and Persian (farsang). Astronomical sense semantic loan from English parsec. See also فَرْسَخ فَلَكِيّ (farsaḵ falakiyy).

فَرْسَخ • (farsaḵ) m (plural فَرَاسِخ (farāsiḵ))

parasang, farsang
1. (obsolete, Egypt/Sudan until 1891) a linear measure, 500 قَصَبَة (qaṣaba) – about 1750 m
2. (obsolete, Saudi-Arabia until 1964) a linear measure, ¹⁄₈ of a مَرْحَلَة (marḥala) – 4830 m
(astronomy) short for فَرْسَخ فَلَكِيّ (farsaḵ falakiyy, “parsec”).

Declension of noun فَرْسَخ (farsaḵ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَرْسَخ farsaḵ	الْفَرْسَخ al-farsaḵ	فَرْسَخ farsaḵ
Nominative	فَرْسَخٌ farsaḵun	الْفَرْسَخُ al-farsaḵu	فَرْسَخُ farsaḵu
Accusative	فَرْسَخًا farsaḵan	الْفَرْسَخَ al-farsaḵa	فَرْسَخَ farsaḵa
Genitive	فَرْسَخٍ farsaḵin	الْفَرْسَخِ al-farsaḵi	فَرْسَخِ farsaḵi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَرْسَخَيْن farsaḵayn	الْفَرْسَخَيْن al-farsaḵayn	فَرْسَخَيْ farsaḵay
Nominative	فَرْسَخَانِ farsaḵāni	الْفَرْسَخَانِ al-farsaḵāni	فَرْسَخَا farsaḵā
Accusative	فَرْسَخَيْنِ farsaḵayni	الْفَرْسَخَيْنِ al-farsaḵayni	فَرْسَخَيْ farsaḵay
Genitive	فَرْسَخَيْنِ farsaḵayni	الْفَرْسَخَيْنِ al-farsaḵayni	فَرْسَخَيْ farsaḵay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَرَاسِخ farāsiḵ	الْفَرَاسِخ al-farāsiḵ	فَرَاسِخ farāsiḵ
Nominative	فَرَاسِخُ farāsiḵu	الْفَرَاسِخُ al-farāsiḵu	فَرَاسِخُ farāsiḵu
Accusative	فَرَاسِخَ farāsiḵa	الْفَرَاسِخَ al-farāsiḵa	فَرَاسِخَ farāsiḵa
Genitive	فَرَاسِخَ farāsiḵa	الْفَرَاسِخِ al-farāsiḵi	فَرَاسِخِ farāsiḵi

→ Azerbaijani: fərsəx
→ Ottoman Turkish: فرسخ (fersah)
- Turkish: fersah
→ Persian: فرسخ (farsax)
- → English: farsakh
- → Hindi: फ़र्सख़ (farsax) (rare)

Cardarelli, François (2003) Encyclopaedia of Scientific Units, Weights and Measures. Their SI Equivalences and Origins, London: Springer, →ISBN, pages 128, 135

Reborrowed from Arabic فَرْسَخ (farsaḵ), from Persian (farsang).

فرسخ • (farsax) (plural فرسخ‌ها (farsax-hâ) or فراسخ)

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