farsakh

English

Etymology

From Persian فرسخ (farsax).

Noun

farsakh (plural farsakhs)

1. parasang
   • 1846, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, page 353:

     The next day was to take us to Anár, over a desert of twelve farsakhs, and it was here we might expect the robbers.

   • 1888, Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and Monthly Record of Geography, page 86:

     The old authors considered Demâvend the highest mountain in the world, and estimated its height at four to five farsaks

   • 1911, A.B. Wiliams Jackson, From Constantinople to the Home of Omar Khayyam, page 178:

     From Rai to Damghan, 80 farsakhs; from Damghan to Nishapur, 80; total from Rai to Nishapur, 160 farsakhs.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Arabic فَرْسَخ (farsaḵ), from Northwestern Middle Iranian *frasax (“parasang”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfarsax/
• Rhymes: -sax, -ax, -x
• Hyphenation: far‧sakh

Noun

farsakh (first-person possessive farsakhku, second-person possessive farsakhmu, third-person possessive farsakhnya)

1. (archaic) parasang, farsang

Further reading

• “farsakh” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.