farsakh

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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noun

"The next day was to take us to Anár, over a desert of twelve farsakhs, and it was here we might expect the robbers."
"The old authors considered Demâvend the highest mountain in the world, and estimated its height at four to five farsaks"
"From Rai to Damghan, 80 farsakhs; from Damghan to Nishapur, 80; total from Rai to Nishapur, 160 farsakhs."

From Persian فرسخ (farsax).

farsakhs (plural)

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