φαρσί
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Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Adverb[edit]
φαρσί • (farsí)
- (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[edit]
φαρσί • (farsí) n pl
- Farsi (the language)
- Τα φαρσί είναι η περσική γλώσσα.
- Ta farsí eínai i persikí glóssa.
- Farsi is the Persian language.
References[edit]
- ^ Kriaras, Emmanuel (1995) Νέο ελληνικό λεξικό της σύγχρονης δημοτικής γλώσσας [Modern Greek Dictionary of the Contemporary Demotic Language, Written and Spoken], Athens: Ekdotike Athenon
- ^ φαρσί - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
- ^ 1958, Patrick Leigh Fermor Mani, London: John Murray, page 166.