فرسنگ

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (plsng /⁠frasang⁠/, “parasang”). Compare the Iranian borrowings: Ancient Greek παρασάγγης (parasángēs), Latin parasanga, Old Armenian հրասախ (hrasax), Arabic فَرْسَخ (farsaḵ), Aramaic [script needed] (prsh), Classical Syriac ܦܪܣܚܐ (prsḥʾ /⁠parsḥā⁠/)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fæɾˈsæŋɡ], [fæɾˈsæːŋɡ]

Noun

فرسنگ • (farsang) (plural فرسنگ‌ها (farsang-hâ))

1. farsang
   • 2006, Omid Soltâni, "Entezâr", Entezâr

     به من از فرسنگ‌ها دوری تو گرمی حرم نفس‌هات می‌رسه

     be man az farsang-hâ duri-e to, garmi-e horm-e nafas-hât mi-rese

Synonyms

• فرسخ (farsax)

Descendants

• → Middle Armenian: փարսանգ (pʻarsang), ֆարսանկ (farsank)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “փարսախ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 491a
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “فرسنگ”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 183–184
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “frasang”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 32