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Farsistan

Farsistan proper noun: fars, Persia proper, a province of Iran that is the historical homeland of the Persians.

Proper noun

Farsistan

  1. (archaic) Fars, Persia proper, a province of Iran that is the historical homeland of the Persians.

Origin of Farsistan

Borrowed from Classical Persian فَارْسِسْتَان (fārsistān), from فَارْس (fārs, “ethnic Persian”) + ـِسْتَان (-istān, “place of”). By surface analysis, Fars + -istan.

Questions about Farsistan

What does Farsistan mean?
Farsistan means fars, Persia proper, a province of Iran that is the historical homeland of the Persians.
What part of speech is Farsistan?
Farsistan is a proper noun.

Words near Farsistan in the dictionary

  1. farsightedly
  2. farsightedness
  3. farsights
  4. farsing
  5. farsings
  6. Farsistan
  7. Farsley
  8. Farson
  9. Farsons
  10. farspeak
  11. farspeaker

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