φαρσί
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- φᾱρσῐ́ν (phārsĭ́n) — with movable nu
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰaːr.sí/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pʰarˈsi/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɸarˈsi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /farˈsi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /farˈsi/
Noun
φᾱρσῐ́ • (phārsĭ́)
- dative plural of φᾶρ (phâr)
Greek
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish فارسی (farsî),[1] from Persian فارسی (fârsi) “the language Farsi, Persian”.[2]
- "Among the old Turks of the Ottoman Empire […] Persian [was] the language of poetry and romantic literature." (and therefore eloquently spoken)[3]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /farˈsi/
- Hyphenation: φαρ‧σί
Adverb
φαρσί • (farsí)
- (idiomatic, of languages and subjects) fluently, correctly, perfectly
- Μιλάει τα γερμανικά, φαρσί.
- Miláei ta germaniká, farsí.
- He/She speaks German perfectly.
- Ξέρω το μάθημα της ιστορίας φαρσί.
- Xéro to máthima tis istorías farsí.
- I know my history lesson perfectly.
Noun
φαρσί • (farsí) n pl
- Farsi (the language)
- Τα φαρσί είναι η περσική γλώσσα.
- Ta farsí eínai i persikí glóssa.
- Farsi is the Persian language.
References
- ^ Kriaras, Emmanuel (1995), Νέο ελληνικό λεξικό της σύγχρονης δημοτικής γλώσσας [Modern Greek Dictionary of the Contemporary Demotic Language, Written and Spoken], Athens: Ekdotike Athenon
- ^ φαρσί, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
- ^ 1958, Patrick Leigh Fermor Mani, London: John Murray, page 166.