Farsi
//ˈfɑː(ɹ)si// adj, name, noun, slang
adj, name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An argot of hijras, or catamites, in North India and Pakistan. uncountable
- 2 the modern official language of Iran wordnet
- 3 a person of Iranian descent wordnet
Adjective
- 1 Persian proscribed
Proper Noun
- 1 Synonym of Persian (“The Persian language”). proscribed
"That the Farsi or Persian is not a language derived from the Pehlevi, but a collateral and independent tongue, seems to be sufficiently certain."
- 2 Iranian Persian, as opposed to Dari (Afghan Persian) and Tajik (Tajik Persian). informal, proscribed
Example
More examples"I like English and Farsi very much."
Etymology
Apparently first used widely in English in the late 1960s or early 1970s. From Persian فارسی (fârsi), meaning "relating to Fars", the Arabicized form of the name of the province of Pars (Early New Persian پَارْس (pārs)) which was adopted in Iran following the Arab conquest of Persia in the 7th century. The sense for the hijra argot is from Hindi फ़ारसी (fārsī) from the same word.
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