Where does “Farsi” come from?
Farsi comes from Persian فارسی, derived from Arabic فَارْسِي, which borrowed from Persian پارسی, itself from Middle Persian pʾlsyk', ultimately from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿.
Farsi (English): The Persian language; An argot of hijras, or...
Definitions
- The Persian language; An argot of hijras, or...
Ancestry of “Farsi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian | فارسی | Persian, Persic; Persian; Persian, main ethnic... |
| 2 | Egyptian Arabic | فارسي | Persian, Farsi |
| 3 | Arabic | فَارِسِيّ | — |
| 4 | Classical Persian | پَارْسِی | — |
| 5 | Persian | پارس | Persian; a pard; an animal smaller than a leopard... |
| 6 | French | paris | plural of pari |
| 7 | French | patrice | patrician |
| 8 | Latin | Pātricius | patrician, noble |
| 9 | Latin | -icius | -itious |
| 10 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |