"Farsi" meaning in English

See Farsi in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈfɑː(ɹ)si/ Audio: En-us-Farsi.ogg [US] Forms: more Farsi [comparative], most Farsi [superlative]
enPR: färʹsē Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)si 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 Classical Persian پارس (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. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fa|فارسی|tr=fârsi}} Persian فارسی (fârsi), {{m+|fa-cls|پارس|tr=pārs}} Classical Persian پارس (pārs), {{bor|en|hi|फ़ारसी}} Hindi फ़ारसी (fārsī) Head templates: {{en-adj|more}} Farsi (comparative more Farsi, superlative most Farsi)
  1. (proscribed) Persian Tags: proscribed
    Sense id: en-Farsi-en-adj-dCiQmhBi
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Parsee, Parsi

Noun

IPA: /ˈfɑː(ɹ)si/ Audio: En-us-Farsi.ogg [US]
enPR: färʹsē Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)si 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 Classical Persian پارس (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. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fa|فارسی|tr=fârsi}} Persian فارسی (fârsi), {{m+|fa-cls|پارس|tr=pārs}} Classical Persian پارس (pārs), {{bor|en|hi|फ़ारसी}} Hindi फ़ारसी (fārsī) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} Farsi (uncountable)
  1. (proscribed) The Persian language. Tags: proscribed, uncountable Categories (topical): Languages
    Sense id: en-Farsi-en-noun-N5RN-A~X Disambiguation of Languages: 32 59 8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 12 64 24
  2. An argot of hijras, or catamites, in North India and Pakistan. Tags: uncountable Categories (place): Iran
    Sense id: en-Farsi-en-noun-NQlImBKD Disambiguation of Iran: 15 15 70
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Persian [language, linguistics, human-sciences, sciences], Parsee, Parsi Related terms: Persia

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