farsi

Questions about farsi

What does farsi mean?

farsi means "a person of Iranian descent". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in farsi?

farsi has 2 syllables: far-si. The stress falls on "far". In IPA it is /ˈfɑɹsi/.

What is another word for farsi?

Close synonyms include Persian. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is farsi a common word?

farsi is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.