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Synonym of Persian (the language). · Iranian Persian, as opposed to Dari (Afghan Persian) and Tajik (Tajik Persian). · Synonym of Hijra Farsi
adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryPersian
Etymology tree Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /pārs/) Middle Persian pʾls (/pārs/) Middle Persian -yk' (/-īg/) Middle Persian pʾlsyk' (/pārsīg/) Early New Persian پَارْسِی (pārsī) ▲ Arabic فَارِسِيّ (fārisiyy)influ. Persian فارسیbor. English Farsi 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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