فرانک

Persian

Alternative forms

فرانه (farâne)

Etymology 1

Possibly from a variant of Middle Persian plwʾnk' (parwānag). Compare Iranian borrowings Arabic فُرَانِق (furāniq, “courier's guide”) and Old Armenian Փառնակ (Pʻaṙnak).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /fa.ɾaː.ˈnak/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fä.ɾɑː.nǽk]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [fä.ɾɑː.nǽk]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [fä.ɾɔː.nǽk]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [fæ.ɹɒː.nǽkʲ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [fä.ɾɔ.nǽk]

Readings
Classical reading^?	farānak
Dari reading^?	farānak
Iranian reading^?	farânak
Tajik reading^?	faronak

Noun

فرانک • (farânak)

synonym of

Proper noun

فرانک • (farânak)

(Iranian mythology) Faranak
a female given name, Faranak

Descendants

Azerbaijani:
- Latin script: Fəranək
- Arabic script: فرانک
Turkish: Feranek

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French franc.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /fi.ˈɾaːnk/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fɪ.ɾɑ́ːŋk]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [fɪ.ɾɑ́ːŋk]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [fi.ɾɔ́ːŋk]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [fe.ɹɒ́ːɲkʲ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [fi.ɾɔ́ŋk]

Readings
Classical reading^?	firānk
Dari reading^?	firānk
Iranian reading^?	ferânk
Tajik reading^?	fironk

Noun

فرانک • (ferânk)

franc