پارسی بان

Persian

Alternative forms

• پارسیوان, فارسی بان, فارسیوان

Etymology

Uncertain. But possibly from Pashto پارسیوان (pârsiwân), especially as پارسی (pārsī) is generally less common than فارسی (fārsī) in Persian, so this term being predominantly spelt with a پ (p) would be unusual if not from Pashto.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [pɑːɾ.siː bɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɑːɾ.siː bɑːn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɑːɾ.siː bɑːn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰɑːɾ.siː bɑːn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰɔːɾ.si bɔːn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɒːɹ.siː bɒːn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɔɾ.si bɔn]

Readings
Classical reading?	pārsī bān
Dari reading?	pārsī bān
Iranian reading?	pârsi bân
Tajik reading?	porsi bon

Noun

پارسی بان • (pārsī bān) (Dari)

1. A Persian speaker (from Afghanistan, i.e. A Dari speaker)

Adjective

پارسی بان • (pārsī bān) (Dari)

1. Persian/Dari speaking

Further reading

• پارسیوان on the Persian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fa
• Bulkin, Carleton (2012) “پارسی بان”, in Dari-English/English-Dari practical dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 68