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vernacular in Persian

زبان محلی zabân-e mahalli

UK/vəˈnækjələ//vɚˈnækjəlɚ/

vernacular in Persian: زبان محلی (zabân-e mahalli). In English, vernacular means the language of a people or a national language.

Persian words for vernacular

national language
زبان محلی zabân-e mahalli

English meaning of vernacular

  1. noun The language of a people or a national language.
  2. noun Everyday speech or dialect, including colloquialisms, as opposed to standard, literary, liturgical, or scientific idiom.
  3. noun Language unique to a particular group of people.
  4. noun A language lacking standardization or a written form.

Full definition of vernacular

vernacular in a sentence

  • The principal vernacular of the United States is English.
  • The idea that the Bible should be translated into vernaculars was explosive in medieval society.
  • Near-synonyms: basilect, demotic

Synonyms of vernacular

All synonyms of vernacular

vernacular in other languages

Questions about vernacular in Persian

What is the meaning of vernacular in Persian?
Vernacular in Persian is زبان محلی (zabân-e mahalli).
معنی vernacular چیست؟
Vernacular: زبان محلی (zabân-e mahalli).
What does vernacular mean in English?
Vernacular means the language of a people or a national language.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: vernacular (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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