How to say "Persia" in Arabic
LoanwordMeaningPersia
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
فَارِس
fārisפארס
فارس
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
פרס
parasپَارَاس
How the two words are related
Loanword
Borrowed between the languages (or by both from a third).
Fāris and פרס are the same ancient name for Persia. Hebrew פָּרַס already appears in the Bible (Ezra, Esther, Daniel); Arabic says Fāris, with f because Arabic has no p. Neither is a native Semitic root: both go back to Old Persian Pārsa, a name that has barely changed in two and a half thousand years.
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In a phrase
بِلَاد فَارِس
bilād fārisבלאד פארסthe land of Persia