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This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Persian on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Persian in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.
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As the register Urdu, it bears the most Persian influence of any variety in the subcontinent, featuring further vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation influences. [3] The latter form of the language is associated with formal contexts and prestige, and is deployed as the medium of written communication, education, and media in Pakistan.
Persian Christians have Arabic names indistinguishable from their Muslim neighbors. They can also use Arabic derivations of Christian names (such as saints' names), or Greek , Neo-Aramaic , or Armenian names, as most Christian Iranians are Iranian Armenians , although there are also Iranian Assyrians and Iranian Georgians.
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The pronunciation of و in Classical Persian shifted to in Iranian Persian and Tajik, but is retained in Dari. In modern Persian [w] may be lost if preceded by a consonant and followed by a vowel in one whole syllable, e.g. خواب /xwɒb/ ~ [xɒb] 'sleep', as Persian has no syllable-initial consonant clusters .
Persian میرزا mirza, literally, son of a lord. a common title of honor in Persia prefixed to the surname of a person of distinction. [217] Mithra from the name of the Persian God Mithra. [218] Mithraeum from Persian مطهرا Mithra [218] [219] Mithraism from Persian مطهرا Mithra [218] [220] Mobed a Parsi priest.
The Farhang-i Rashidi was written by Abd-al-Rashid binʿAbd-al-Ghafur Ḥusayni Thattawi, a poet and scholar with two other lexicographical writings to his name. [3] The author introduces himself in the Farhang as having been born in Thatta, Sindh, with his family originating from Medina, and claims descent from Imam Husayn; not much else is known of his life. [2]