farsi

Turkish - Turkish

Definition of farsi in Turkish Turkish dictionary

Farsça (فارسی), İran İslâm Cumhuriyeti, Afganistan, Tacikistan, Özbekistan ve Basra Körfezi ülkelerinde konuşulan Hint-Avrupa dil ailesine mensup dildir. Farsî (Parsı) ya da Acemce de denir. Hint-Avrupa dil ailesinin bir kolu olan Hint-İran dillerinin İran öbeğine bağlıdır. Antik Pers halkının konuştuğu dilden türemiştir

Farsça

English - English

Definition of farsi in English English dictionary

Native name of the Persian language; national language of Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan

the language of Iran = Persian

The national language of Iran

{i} Persian language spoken in Iran, indigenous name of the Persian language

{i} native or resident of Iran (also Persian)

a person of Iranian descent; "many Farsi emigrated to India near Bombay"

the language of Persia (Iran) in any of its ancient forms

a person of Iranian descent; "many Farsi emigrated to India near Bombay

Related Terms

Eastern Farsi

Dari, the dialect of the Persian language as spoken by approximately one-third of the population of Afghanistan; also referred to as Eastern Persian, Afghan Persian, or simply Persian

Turkish pronunciation

färsi

Synonyms

persian, dari, tajiki

Pronunciation

/ˈfärsē/ /ˈfɑːrsiː/

Etymology

() From Persian فارسی (fârsi)， from Fars, the Arabic name for the province of Persis (“Pars”) in southwestern Iran (Arabic lacks the sound ‘p’). The name was adopted by the Arabs and Persians to refer to the Persian language after the Islamic invasions of the 7th century.