famine in Persian
قحطی qahti
/ˈfæm.ɪn/US/ˈfæm.ən/
famine in Persian: قحطی (qahti), گرسنگی (gorosnegi). In English, famine means extreme shortage of food in a region.
Persian words for famine
- extreme shortage of food in a region
- قحطی qahti, گرسنگی gorosnegi
English meaning of famine
- noun Extreme shortage of food in a region.
- noun A period of extreme shortage of food in a region.
- noun Starvation or malnutrition.
- noun Severe shortage or lack of something.
famine in a sentence
- the Lancashire Cotton Famine
Synonyms of famine
- the black rider
famine in other languages
Questions about famine in Persian
- What is the meaning of famine in Persian?
- Famine in Persian is قحطی (qahti), گرسنگی (gorosnegi).
- معنی famine چیست؟
- Famine: قحطی (qahti), گرسنگی (gorosnegi).
- What does famine mean in English?
- Famine means extreme shortage of food in a region.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: famine (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Persian words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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