Farsi

noun

Far·​si ˈfär-sē How to pronounce Farsi (audio)

Examples of Farsi in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Farahani speaks Farsi, French, Spanish and English and frequently travels between Iran and Venezuela. Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2024 Sitting shoulder to shoulder, muttering curses in Farsi and Pashto, our engineers had each drunk six cups of tea in less than ten minutes, hoarding an entire thermos for themselves. Jamil Jan Kochai, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024 Police said the hostage taker spoke a mixture of Farsi and English. Kate Brady, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2024 In fact, Predatory Sparrow, which typically refers to itself in public statements by the Farsi translation of its name, Gonjeshke Darande, has been tightly focused on Iran for years, long before Israel's war with Hamas further raised tensions between the two countries. Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 25 Jan. 2024 The man spoke over his shoulder, presumably in Farsi, and turned back to us. Jonathan Franzen, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023 But there’s also a need for Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Somali and Persian (Farsi and Dari) speakers at certain vote center locations. The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2023 Conceived amid the bombs in Kabul, I was born and raised until age 7 in Fremont, and taught that my mother tongue, Farsi, was a foreign language. Various Staff Writers, Special Correspondents, and Special Contributors, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Dec. 2023 Written in a kind of dual vernacular — one for when the students struggle to speak English, the other, in the smoother English meant to be their native Farsi — the play translates for us incisively the aspirational drives in a repressed society. 5. Peter Marks, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2023

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Word History

Etymology

Persian fārsī, from Fārs Persia

First Known Use

1878, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Farsi was in 1878

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Cite this Entry

“Farsi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Farsi. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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Farsi

noun
Far·​si ˈfär-sē How to pronounce Farsi (audio)
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