Farsi

== English == === Alternative forms === Parsee Parsi === 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. === Pronunciation === enPR: färʹsē, IPA(key): /ˈfɑː(ɹ)si/ Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)si === Proper noun === Farsi (proscribed) Synonym of Persian (“The Persian language”). 2009, Vit Bubenik, "The rise and development of the possessive construction in Middle Iranian with parallels in Albanian", page 97 in Grammatical Change in Indo-European Languages, Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 305 For instance, in Farsi pošt means 'back' (noun) as in pošt=am dard mikonad 'my back hurts' […] (proscribed, informal) Iranian Persian, as opposed to Dari (Afghan Persian) and Tajik (Tajik Persian). === Noun === Farsi (uncountable) An argot of hijras, or catamites, in North India and Pakistan. ==== Usage notes ==== Iran's Academy of Persian Language and Literature states that "Farsi" is not an appropriate term to use for the Persian language in English. Some groups debate over the use of "Farsi" at all as an English word. Popular use of the term "Farsi" in English is relatively recent. Its usage to refer to Iranian Persian specifically is in analogy to the usage of Dari and Tajik, which are de jure treated as separate languages by the government's of Afghanistan and Tajikistan; However, government officials in Iran do not distinguish Iranian Persian as a separate language, and فارسی (i.e. "Farsi") is used de facto by government officials of Afghanistan and Tajikistan as well. ==== Synonyms ==== (language): Persian ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== Persia Wikipedia article on the Persian language === Adjective === Farsi (comparative more Farsi, superlative most Farsi) (proscribed) Persian === References === === Further reading === Farsi English Dictionary Persian-English Dictionary Ethnologue entry for Farsi, pes ⁠ Hall, Kira (2011), “Queer but Language: A Sociolinguistic Study of Farsi”, in International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, volume 1, number 10 Avtans, Abhishek (9 September 2018), “A secret language of homosexuals of Delhi”, in Linguistica Indica‎[5] Roy, Himadri (20 May 2013), “Farsi: A Lost Language of Gay Delhi”, in Gaylaxy === Anagrams === Frias, RIFAs, fairs, fiars, rafsi == Indonesian == === Noun === Farsi (plural Farsi-Farsi) Persia == Malay == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [fa(r).si] Rhymes: -si, -i Hyphenation: Far‧si === Proper noun === Farsi obsolete form of Parsi