فرسخ

العربية

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فرسخ

/far.sax/

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From Northwestern Middle Iranian *frasax (“parasang”), cognate with Old Armenian հրասախ (hrasax) an Iranian loanword from same source. Compare Sorthwestern Iranian form, Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (plsng /⁠frasang⁠/) and Persian فرسنگ (farsang). Astronomical sense semantic loan from English parsec. See also فَرْسَخ فَلَكِيّ (farsaḵ falakiyy).

noun فَرْسَخ · farsaḵ · فَرَاسِخ · الْفَرْسَخ

obsolete a linear measure, 500 قَصَبَة (qaṣaba) – about 1750 m
obsolete a linear measure, ¹⁄₈ of a مَرْحَلَة (marḥala) – 4830 m
abbreviation short for فَرْسَخ فَلَكِيّ (farsaḵ falakiyy, “parsec”)

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parsec parallax second

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {فرسخ},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AE},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}