فارسی

See also: فارسي‎ and فارسى‎

Persian

Fârsi

Alternative forms

• پارسی‎ (pârsi)

Etymology

From Arabic فَارْسِي‎ (fārsī), from Persian پارسی‎ (pârsi, “Persian, Persic”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /fɑːɾˈsiː/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /fɑːɾˈsiː/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /fɒːɾˈsiː/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /fɔɾˈsi/

Adjective

فارسی • (fârsi)

1. Persian, Persic

   ‏توی شیراز یه فرش فارسی خریدم.‎‎

   tu-ye širâz ye farš-e fârsi xaridam.

   I bought a Persian rug in Shiraz.

Derived terms

• زبان فارسی‎ (zabân-e fârsi)

Noun

Dari	فارسی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	форсӣ (forsī)

فارسی • (fârsi)

1. Persian (the language of Ancient Persia).
2. Persian (the language of modern Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan, and widely spoken in Uzbekistan).

   ‏برادر شوهرش فارسی بلده.‎‎

   barâdar-e šowhareš fârsi balad-e.

   Her husband's brother knows Persian.

3. Persian, main ethnic group of Iran.

   ‏فارسی هستیم.‎‎

   fârsi hastim.

   We are Persian.

Derived terms

• فارسی تاجیکی‎ (fârsi-ye tâjiki)
• فارسی دری‎ (fârsi-ye dari)
• فارسی‌خوان‎ (fârsi-xân)
• فارسی‌دان‎ (fârsi-dân)
• فارسی‌زبان‎ (fârsi-zabân)

 

Descendants

• → Catalan: farsi
• → English: Farsi
• → Finnish: farsi
• → Punjabi: ਫ਼ਾਰਸੀ (fārsī)
• → Turkish: Fars

See also

• تاجیکی‎ (tâjiki)
• دری‎ (dari)

Urdu

Etymology

From Classical Persian فارسی‎ (fārsī), from Arabic فَارْسِي‎ (fārsī), from Early New Persian پارسی‎ (pârsi, “Persian”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /fɑːɾ.siː/
• Hyphenation: فار‧سِی

Adjective

فارسی • (fārsī) (Hindi spelling फ़ारसी)

1. Persian, Persic; Persianate

Noun

فارسی • (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

• فارسِیَّت‎ (fārsīyyat, “Persianization”)
• فارسی داں‎ (fārsī-dā̃)
• فارسی خواں‎ (fārsī-xā̃)

See also

• فارس‎ (fārs, “Persia”)
• پارسی‎ (pārsī)

References

• “فارسی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.