فرسنگ
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Persian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- فرسخ (farsax)
Etymology
[edit]From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (plsng /frasang/, “parasang”). Compare the Iranian borrowings: Ancient Greek παρασάγγης (parasángēs), Latin parasanga, Old Armenian հրասախ (hrasax), Arabic فَرْسَخ (farsaḵ), Aramaic פַּרְסָה, פַּרְסָא (parsâ), Mishnaic Aramaic פָּרָשָׁה (pārāšâ), Classical Syriac ܦܪܣܚܐ (prsḥʾ /parsḥā/).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [faɾ.ˈsanɡ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [fæɹ.sǽɲɡʲ̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [fäɾ.sǽŋɡ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | farsang |
| Dari reading? | farsang |
| Iranian reading? | farsang |
| Tajik reading? | farsang |
Noun
[edit]فرسنگ • (farsang) (plural فرسنگها (farsang-hâ))
- farsang, parasang (unit of distance, comparable to a league)
- 2006, Omid Soltâni, “Entezâr”, in Entezâr:
- به من از فرسنگها دوری تو گرمی حرم نفسهات میرسه
- be man az farsang-hâ duri-e to, garmi-e horm-e nafas-hât mi-rese
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “փարսախ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 491a
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “فرسنگ”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 183–184
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “frasang”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 32