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Where does “فارسى” come from?

فارسى (Egyptian Arabic) comes from Egyptian Arabic فارسي, from Arabic فَارِسِيّ, from Classical Persian پَارْسِی, from Persian پارس, from French paris, from French patrice, from Latin Pātricius, from Latin -icius — -y, -ic.

فارسى (Egyptian Arabic): Alternative form of فارسي

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of فارسي

Ancestry of “فارسى”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Egyptian ArabicفارسيPersian, Farsi
2Arabicفَارِسِيّ—
3Classical Persianپَارْسِی—
4PersianپارسPersian; a pard; an animal smaller than a leopard...
5Frenchparisplural of pari
6Frenchpatricepatrician
7LatinPātricius—
8Latin-icius-itious
9Latin-icusbelonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;...
10Ancient Greek-ικόςof or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic
11Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
12Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
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