Farsi Definition
färsē
farsi
noun
The modern Iranian language spoken in Iran and Afghanistan, developed after Old Persian and Pehlevi; Persian.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
pronoun
(proscribed) The standard Persian language; national language of Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan.
Wiktionary
Origin of Farsi
-
Apparently first used widely in English in the late 1960s or early 1970s. From Persian فارسی (fârsi), from Fars, the Arabic name for the province of Persis (“Pars”) in southwestern Iran (Arabic lacks the sound ‘p’). That name was adopted by the Arabs and Persians to refer to the Persian language after the Islamic invasions of the 7th century.
From Wiktionary
Persian fārsī of Persia alteration (influenced by Arabic Fāris Persia) of pārsī from Middle Persian pārsīg
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Find Similar Words
Find similar words to Farsi using the buttons below.