learning farsi dictionary

Persian (/ˈpɜːrʒən/ or /ˈpɜːrʃən/), also known as Farsi (farsiفارسی [fɒːɾˈsiː]), is  the  main  Iranian  language  within  the  Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family. Farsi is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and some other regions which historically were Persian societies and considered part of Greater Iran.  The language is written in the Persian alphabet, a modified variant of the Arabic script, which itself evolved from the Aramaic alphabet. The Persian language is classified as a continuation of Middle  Persian, the  official religious and literary language of the Sassanid empire, itself a continuation of Old Persian, the language of the Achaemenid empire.

The grammar is similar to that of many contemporary European languages. Having approximately 110 million Persian speakers worldwide, with the language holding official status in Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan; for centuries, Persian has also been a prestigious cultural language in other regions of Western Asia, Central Asia, and South Asia by the various empires based   in the regions. Some of the famous works of Persian literature are Shahnameh of Ferdowsi, the works of Rumi, Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Panj Ganj of Nizami Ganjavi, Divan of Hafez and the two miscellanea of prose and verse by Saadi Shirazi named Gulistan and Bustan.