فارسی

See also: فارسي and فارسى

Persian

Alternative forms

• پارْسی (pârsi)

Etymology

From Arabic فَارِسِيّ (fārisiyy), from Early New Persian پَارْسِی (pārsī, “Persian, Persic”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /faːɾ.ˈsiː/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fɑːɾ.síː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fɑːɾ.síː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [fɑːɾ.síː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [fɔːɾ.sí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [fɒːɹ.síː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [fɔɾ.sí]

Readings
Classical reading?	fārsī
Dari reading?	fārsī
Iranian reading?	fârsi
Tajik reading?	forsi

• Audio (Iran):

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Adjective

فارْسی • (fârsi)

1. Persian, Persic

   تویِ شیراز یِه فَرْشِ فارْسی خَریدَم.

   tu-ye širâz ye farš-e fârsi xaridam.

   I bought a Persian rug in Shiraz.

Derived terms

• زَبانِ فارْسی (zabân-e fârsi)

Noun

Dari	فارسی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	форсӣ

فارْسی • (fârsi)

1. Persian (the language of modern Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan, and widely spoken in Uzbekistan).

   Hyponyms: فارسی ایرانی (fârsi êrâni), دری (dari), تاجیکی (tâjiki)

   بَرادَرِ شُوْهَرِش فارْسی بَلَدِه.

   barâdar-e šowhareš fârsi balad-e.

   Her husband's brother knows Persian.

2. Persian (the language of Ancient Persia).
3. Persian, main ethnic group of Iran.

   فارْسی هَسْتیم. ― fârsi hastim. ― We are Persian.

Derived terms

• فارْسیِ تاجیکی (fârsi-ye tâjiki)
• فارْسیِ دَری (fârsi-ye dari)
• فارْسی‌خوان (fârsi-xân)
• فارْسی‌دان (fârsi-dân)
• فارْسی‌زَبان (fârsi-zabân)

Descendants

• → Catalan: farsi
• → Czech: (uncommon) fársí
• → English: Farsi
• → Finnish: farsi
• → Punjabi: ਫ਼ਾਰਸੀ (fārsī)
• → Turkish: Fars

See also

• تاجیکی (tâjiki)
• دَری (dari)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian فَارْسِی (fārsī), from Arabic فَارِسِي (fārisī), from Early New Persian پَارْسِی (pārsī, “Persian”). Doublet of پارْسی (pārsī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /fɑːɾ.siː/
• Hyphenation: فار‧سِی

Adjective

فارْسِی • (fārsī) (Hindi spelling फ़ारसी)

1. Persian, Persic; Persianate

Noun

فارْسِی • (fārsī) f (Hindi spelling फ़ारसी)

1. Persian (language)
2. (archaic) a person of Persian ethnicity or heritage; a person from Persia

   Synonym: ایرانی (īrānī)

Derived terms

• فارْسِیَت (fārsiyat, “Persianization”)
• فارْسی داں (fārsī dā̃)
• فارْسی خواں (fārsī xā̃)

See also

• فارس (“Persia”)
• پارْسی (pārsī)

References

• “فارسی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.