# فارس
## Arabic
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

فَارِس • (fāris) m (plural فُرْسَان (fursān) or فَوَارِس (fawāris), feminine فَارِسة (fārisa))
* horseman, rider
* knight, cavalier (warrior, especially of the Middle Ages)
* chevalier
* hero
* (in the plural) cavalry

##### Related terms

* فروسية

##### Descendants

* → Portuguese: alferes
** Malay: alperes, alferes
** Indonesian: alferes
* → Spanish: alférez
** → English: alferes
** → Italian: alfiere
** → Tagalog: alperes

### Etymology 2

From Middle Persian 𐭯𐭠𐭫𐭮𐭩 (pʾlsy /⁠Pārs⁠/).

#### Proper noun

فَارِس • (fāris) m or f
* Persia

##### Related terms

* اَلْفَارِسِيَّة (al-fārisiyya)
* فُرْس (furs)
* فَارِسِيّ (fārisiyy)

##### Descendants

* → Persian: فارس (fârs)

## Azerbaijani
### Noun

فارس
* Arabic spelling of fars

## Persian
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic فَارِس (fāris), from Middle Persian 𐭯𐭠𐭥𐭮𐭩 (Pārs), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (Pārsa).

#### Alternative forms

* پارس (pârs)

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [fɑːɾs]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [fɑːɹs]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [fɑːɹs]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [fɑːɹs]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [fɔːɹs]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [fɒːɹs]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [fɔɹs]

#### Proper noun

فارس • (fârs)
* Fars (a province of Iran)
    استان فارس ― ostân-e fârs ― Fars Province
* (archaic) Synonym of ایران (irân, “Iran, Persia”), especially from an Arab or otherwise foreign perspective.
** c. 1599, Bahāʾ al‐Dīn ʿĀmilī, “Section 3”, in کشکول‎:هنگامی که اسکندر سرزمین فارس را بگرفت، ارسطو را نوشت که تمامی مردمان شرق و غرب فرمانبردار خویش کردم. ترسم از آن است که پس از من اما قصد سرزمین من کنند و قوم من را ایذا روا دارند.hangāmē ki iskandar sarzamīn-i fārs rā bigirift, arastū rā niwišt ki tamāmī-yi mardumān-i šarq u ğarb farmānburdār-i xwēš kardam. tarsam az ān ast ki pas az man ammā qasd-i sarzamīn-i man kunand u qawm-i man rā īzā rawā dārand.When Alexander seized the territories of Persia, he wrote to Aristotle: "I have made the entirety of the peoples of the east and west obedient to myself. My fear is that after me, they will take aim against my territories and allow my people to be harassed."(Classical Persian romanization)

#### Noun

فارس • (fârs) (plural فارس‌ها (fârs-hâ))
* ethnic Persian
    Synonym: (obsolete) تاجیک (tâjik)
    همه ایرانی‌ها فارس نیستند.hame-ye irâni-hâ fârs nistand.Not all Iranians are Persian.
** 2024 June 23, “مسعود پزشکیان در هر فرصتی بر تُرک بودن خود تأکید می‌کند”, in fararu.com‎, Fararu:پزشکیان گفته که من یک ترک هستم نه فارس. من متولد آذربایجان جنوبی هستم و مادر و پدرم هر دو ترک هستند. من به این افتخار می‌کنم.pezeškiyân gofte ke man yek tork hastam na fârs. man motavalled-e âzarbâyjân-e jonubi hastam va mâdar o pedaram har do tork hastand. man be in eftexâr mi-konam.Pezeshkian has said, "I am a Turk and not a Persian. I was born in South Azerbaijan and both my mother and father are Turks. I am proud of this."

##### Derived terms

* فارسستان (fârsestân)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic فَارِس (fāris).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [fɑː.ˈɾis]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [fɑː.ɾɪ́s]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [fɑː.ɾɪ́s]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [fɑː.ɾɪ́s]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [fɔː.ɾís]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [fɒː.ɹés]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [fɔ.ɾís]

#### Noun

فارس • (fâres)
* (archaic) horseman, rider

### Further reading

* Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “فارس”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian فَارِس (fāris), from Arabic فَارِس (fāris), from Early New Persian پَارْس (pārs, “Persia, Persis”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /fɑːɾs/
* Hyphenation: فارس

### Proper noun

فارس • (fārs) f (Hindi spelling फ़ारस)
* Persia
    Synonym: اِیران (īrān)
    شَہَنْشاہِ فارِس ― śahanśāh-i fāris ― Emperor of Persia

#### Derived terms

* فارْسِی (fārsī, “Persian”)

### References

* “فارس”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.