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farsakh

farsakh noun: parasang.

Noun

farsakh (plural farsakhs)

  1. parasang
    • The next day was to take us to Anár, over a desert of twelve farsakhs, and it was here we might expect the robbers.1846, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, page 353
    • The old authors considered Demâvend the highest mountain in the world, and estimated its height at four to five farsaks1888, Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and Monthly Record of Geography, page 86

Forms of farsakh

pluralfarsakhs

Origin of farsakh

From Persian فرسخ (farsax).

Questions about farsakh

What does farsakh mean?
Farsakh means parasang.
What part of speech is farsakh?
Farsakh is a noun.
What is the plural of farsakh?
The plural of farsakh is farsakhs.

Words near farsakh in the dictionary

  1. farry
  2. farrying
  3. Farrys
  4. fars
  5. fars bretons
  6. farsakh
  7. farsakhs
  8. Farsakian
  9. Farsakians
  10. Farsala
  11. farsalah

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