Meaning of Farsi | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Synonym of Persian (“The Persian language”).
   proscribed
2. An argot of hijras, or catamites, in North India and Pakistan.
   uncountable
3. Iranian Persian, as opposed to Dari (Afghan Persian) and Tajik (Tajik Persian).
   informal, proscribed

Equivalents

Examples

“That the Farsi or Persian is not a language derived from the Pehlevi, but a collateral and independent tongue, seems to be sufficiently certain.”

“In July 1984, Radio Iran Toilers began broadcasting in Farsi from Afghanistan; by the end⟳ of 1988 it was transmitting twenty-one hours a week.”

“The method of writing Farsi is logical, although reading can be trickier, as one has to guess⟳ at the unwritten consonants of unfamiliar words.”

“We chatted away in Farsi.”

“For instance, in Farsi pošt means 'back' (noun) as in pošt=am dard mikonad 'my back hurts' […]”

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