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Definition of Farsi

1. Noun. A person of Iranian descent. "Many Farsi emigrated to India near Bombay"

2. Noun. The language of Persia (Iran) in any of its ancient forms.

Definition of Farsi

1. Proper noun. The Persian language; national language of Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Farsi

Faro Faroe Islands Faroes Faroese Faroish Farouk I Farquhar Farquharson Farr's law Farragut

Farrant's mounting fluid Farre's line Farrell Farsala Farsi (current term) Faruk I Farvardin Fas-activated serine-threonine kinase Fas antigen Fasciola gigantica

Fascioloides magna Fasciolopsis Fasciolopsis buski Fasciolopsis rathouisi Fascism Fast of Ab Fast of Av Fat Man Fat Tuesday

Literary usage of Farsi

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Viaggi Di Pietro Della Valle, Il Pellegrino: Descritti Da Lui Medesimo in by Pietro Della Valle (1843)
"... più di un palmo sopra la bocca, farsi versar da quello in gola un grosso canai di acqua, ... farsi ..."

2. An Italian and English Dictionary with Pronunciation and Brief Etymologies by August Hjalmar Edgren, Giuseppe Bico, John Lawrence Gerig (1901)
"crescere ; divenir grande, ingrandire, divenir, farsi; pervenire ; arrivare ; (nur. ... essere favorito ; — late, farsi tardi ; — lean, divenir magro, ..."

3. Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran/Contra Affair by Lee H. Hamilton, Daniel K. Inouye (1995)
"Secord stated that the only Farsi translator available from the CIA was a female ... During the meeting in Frankfurt, a former CIA operative and Farsi ..."

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