Farsi

Far·si  (färs)

n. pl. Far·sis

1. The modern Iranian language, dating from about the ninth century a.d., that is the national language of Iran and is written in an Arabic alphabet; Persian.

2.

a. A native speaker of Farsi.

b. A member of the predominant ethnic group of Iran.

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[Persian frs, of Persia, alteration (influenced by Arabic Fris, Persia) of prs, from Middle Persian prsg.]

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Farsi [ˈfɑːsiː]

n

(Linguistics / Languages) the Indo-European language of modern Iran See also Persian [4]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Farsi - a person of Iranian descent; "many Farsi emigrated to India near Bombay" Irani, Iranian, Persian - a native or inhabitant of Iran; "the majority of Irani are Persian Shiite Muslims"
	2.	Farsi - the language of Persia (Iran) in any of its ancient forms Persian Iranian language, Iranian - the modern Persian language spoken in Iran Noruz, Nowrooz, Nowruz - (Persian) the new year holiday in Iran and Azerbaijan and Afghanistan and Pakistan and parts of India and among the Kurds; comes at the vernal equinox

Translations

Farsi

n → Farsi nt