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There is a tendency among French-Iranians to categorize themselves as "Persian" rather than "Iranian", mainly to dissociate themselves from the Islamic regime of Iran which is in charge since 1979 Revolution and the negativity associated with it, and also to distinguish themselves as being of Persian ethnicity, which comprise about 65% of Iran ...
Intelligibility between varieties can be asymmetric; that is, speakers of one variety may be able to better understand another than vice versa. An example of this is the case between Afrikaans and Dutch. It is generally easier for Dutch speakers to understand Afrikaans than for Afrikaans speakers to understand Dutch.
They are the French loanwords in Persian. It's a list of Persian words of French origin. Anyhow, it is very useful for the Iranians who are learning French (and vice-versa). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.193.129.134 09:59, 23 May 2013 (UTC) Here are a few things to note. First, these are French loanwords into Persian.
Iran's school curriculum has included French since 2022, to provide an alternative to English. French was also the second official language of Iran until the 1950s, with elite French co-ed schools being common amongst the upper class of Iran. A great number of words of French origin have entered the Persian language since the early modern period.
a contraction of the French word cosmétique, used to refer to lipstick in Persian. côtelette کتلت kotlet cutlet coupé کوپه kupe coupé coup d'état کودتا kudeta coup, putsch, golpe coupon کوپن kupon coupon courant d'air کوران kurân air draft course کورس kurs race cravate کراوات kerâvât tie crème کرم krem
French people of Iranian descent. This category page lists notable French citizens of Iranian national origin or descent, whether partial or full. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Iranians in France .
The Old Persian and Avestan evidence is confirmed by the Greek sources. [19] Herodotus, in his Histories, remarks about the Iranian Medes that "Medes were called anciently by all people Arians" (7.62). [19] [20] In Armenian sources, the Parthians, Medes and Persians are collectively referred to as Iranians. [29]
A Franco-Persian alliance was formed for a short period between the French Empire of Napoleon I and the Persian Empire of Fath Ali Shah against Russia and Great Britain between 1807 and 1809. The alliance was part of Napoleon's plan to create another front on Russia's southern borders, as Iran and Russia were directly bordering each other there ...