Farsi
the modern Iranian language of Iran and western Afghanistan, written in the Arabic alphabet; modern Persian.
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How to use Farsi in a sentence
The group puts out most of its statements—on its Twitter feed, or its numerous websites—in Arabic, as opposed to Baluchi or Farsi.
The Dangerous Drug-Funded Secret War Between Iran and Pakistan | Umar Farooq | December 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Baluch in Iran do not speak Farsi but Baluchi, just like the Baluch in Pakistan, and in Iran they are a Sunni minority.
The Dangerous Drug-Funded Secret War Between Iran and Pakistan | Umar Farooq | December 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“Shut up,” the hacker responded, using a Farsi colloquialism.
He bent down and said something to her in Farsi and seemed fortified as he straightened to face the press.
The Little Girl Who Welcomed Mossadegh to New York | Michael Daly | September 27, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe story begins in the 1950s, in a fictional village called Shadbagh, a Farsi word meaning “the happy garden.”
Resurrecting Afghanistan: Khaled Hosseini’s ‘And the Mountains Echoed’ | Rafia Zakaria | May 28, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Then he began to make fun of himself, "Farsi beffa," for having thought of a lady so far above him.
Giovanni Boccaccio, a Biographical Study | Edward HuttonFarsi raffredare ogni notte due o tre volti il letto con uno scaldaletto pieno di neve, et tenerlo le notte intiere nel letto.
History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain. | William H. Prescott
British Dictionary definitions for Farsi
/ (ˈfɑːsiː) /
another name for Persian (def. 4)
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