farsakh

noun

far·​sakh

ˈfärˌsak

variants or farsagh

-ag

or less commonly farsang

-aŋ

plural farsakh

: a Persian unit of distance equal to about 4 miles

also : a Persian metric unit equal to 10 kilometers or 6.21 miles

Word History

Etymology

Arabic & Persian; Arabic farsakh, from Persian farsanġ

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