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Farsi

[ fahr-see ]

noun

  1. the modern Iranian language of Iran and western Afghanistan, written in the Arabic alphabet; modern Persian.


Farsi

/ ˈfɑːsiː /

noun

  1. another name for Persian


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Previously, Khamenei would reluctantly permit a regime insider to run under the guise of a “reformist” agenda in order to “pre-heat the election oven,”as we say in Farsi, and encourage voting.

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The group puts out most of its statements—on its Twitter feed, or its numerous websites—in Arabic, as opposed to Baluchi or Farsi.

The Baluch in Iran do not speak Farsi but Baluchi, just like the Baluch in Pakistan, and in Iran they are a Sunni minority.

“Shut up,” the hacker responded, using a Farsi colloquialism.

He bent down and said something to her in Farsi and seemed fortified as he straightened to face the press.

The story begins in the 1950s, in a fictional village called Shadbagh, a Farsi word meaning “the happy garden.”

Then he began to make fun of himself, "farsi beffa," for having thought of a lady so far above him.

Farsi raffredare ogni notte due o tre volti il letto con uno scaldaletto pieno di neve, et tenerlo le notte intiere nel letto.

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