Farsi
Iran's official language
Farsi is the Persian language, particularly as spoken in Iran.
The term is simply the Persian word for Persian—Iranians call their language Farsi just as Germans call theirs Deutsch.
In English, Persian and Farsi are interchangeable, though scholars often prefer Persian for the literary and historical tradition: She's learning Farsi, classical Persian poetry.
Iran's capital city
- IranIslamic republic in Asia
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
- IranianFrom Tehran's country
- sanctionsPunitive international restrictions
emigration · Los Angeles · social media · internet · censorship · youth · slang · colloquial
Person from Dushanbe's country
- Indo-EuropeanVast language family
- grammarLanguage's structural rules
- vocabularyOne's word collection
- syntaxRules for arranging words
phonology · morphology · script · alphabet · calligraphy · loanwords · Arabic · transliteration
- KhayyamTentmaker who versified
- coupletTwo successive verse lines
- verseMetered poetic passage
- rhymeMatching terminal sounds
imagery · mysticism · Sufi · divan · masnavi · quatrain · ode · lyricism
Metrical literary composition
- hospitalityGenerous treatment of guests
- NowruzIranian New Year festival
- proverbsTraditional wisdom capsules
- idiomsFixed figurative expressions
honorifics · politeness · formality · endearments · diminutives · expressions · greetings · blessings
Follower of ancient Persian faith
- cuneiformStylus-impressed ancient script
- ParthianOf ancient Iranian empire
- MedianOf the Medes
- inscriptionsWords carved into surfaces
Persepolis · Cyrus · Darius · manuscripts · evolution
Tehran
Iran's capital city
- IranIslamic republic in Asia
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
- IranianFrom Tehran's country
sanctions · emigration · Los Angeles · social media · internet · censorship · youth · slang · colloquial · formal
Tajik
Person from Dushanbe's country
- Indo-EuropeanVast language family
- grammarLanguage's structural rules
- vocabularyOne's word collection
syntax · phonology · morphology · script · alphabet · calligraphy · loanwords · Arabic · transliteration · pronunciation
Rumi
rhyme · imagery · mysticism · Sufi · divan · masnavi · quatrain · ode · lyricism · metaphor
poetry
Metrical literary composition
- hospitalityGenerous treatment of guests
- NowruzIranian New Year festival
- proverbsTraditional wisdom capsules
idioms · honorifics · politeness · formality · endearments · diminutives · expressions · greetings · blessings · curses
Zoroastrian
Follower of ancient Persian faith
inscriptions · Persepolis · Cyrus · Darius · manuscripts · evolution
- Iranian languagesKurdish, Pashto, Tajik, Parthian, Proto-Iranian
- languagesEnglish, Arabic, Chinese, German, French
- IranIran, Tehran, Isfahan, Persia, Shiraz
- PersianTajik, formal speech, informal speech, literary form, standard form
- Persian CultureNowruz, Iranian cuisine, hammams, hammam, Rumi
- Indo-Iranian languagesSanskrit, Hindi, Urdu, Pashto, Bengali