فرنگیس

Persian

Etymology

A very early manuscript error—influenced by (farang, “European”)?—in the Shahnameh for (farīgīs), attested as فَرِيكِيس (farīkīs) in an early translation of the Shahnameh into Arabic.^[1] (farīgīs) is itself from a reversal of the constituents of Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠wispān-fryā⁠/), from Old Median *vispafryā (literally “she who is dear to all”).^[2]

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [fa.ɾan.ˈɡiːs]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fä.ɾäŋ.ɡíːs]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [fä.ɾäŋ.ɡíːs]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [fä.ɾäŋ.ɡís]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [fæ.ɹæɲ.ɡʲíːs]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [fä.ɾäŋ.ɡís]

Readings
Classical reading^?	farangīs
Dari reading^?	farangīs
Iranian reading^?	farangis
Tajik reading^?	farangis

Proper noun

فرنگیس • (farangis)

Farangis (wife of Siyavush in the Shahnameh)
a female given name from Middle Persian

References

^ Djalal Khaleghi-Motlagh (December 15, 1999) “FARANGĪS”, in Encyclopædia Iranica‎^[1]
^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN

[1] Djalal Khaleghi-Motlagh (December 15, 1999) “FARANGĪS”, in Encyclopædia Iranica‎^[1]

[2] Tavernier, Jan (2007) Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN

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