فرعی

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فَرْعِيّ (farʕiyy). By surface analysis, فرع (far') +‎ ـی (-i).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [faɾ.ˈʔiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fäɾ.ʔíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fäɾ.ʔíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [fä.ɾíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [fä.ɾí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [fæɹ.ʔíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [fäɾ.ʔí]

Readings
Classical reading?	far'ī
Dari reading?	far'ī
Iranian reading?	far'i
Tajik reading?	farʾi

Adjective

فرعی • (far'i)

1. secondary

Noun

فرعی • (far'i)

1. side road; short for جاده فرعی (jâde-ye far'i) or راه فرعی (râh-e far'i).

   از فرعی به اصلی وارد شد.

   az far'i be asli vâred šod.

   S/he entered the main road from the side.

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “فرعی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim