"Farsi" is a weird element introduced by westerners. The proper term is "Persian". The F was introduced by the Arabs because they did not have the sound P, so they replaced it with an F. Persians who are proud of their origins will hate that you use the t - lazarus1907, Dec 5, 2010
Sometimes called "Dari" which is the "Persian" or "Farsi" (Which is the correct classification) spoken is Afghanistan. - Beatrice-Codder, Dec 5, 2010
lazarus1907 is right, originally it's "Parsi" but the arabs couldn't say P, but now even the persian speakers say "farsi" (I speak the language). - avicenna, Dec 6, 2010
Dari is a slightly different dielect, I understand it, but the accent is very different. Kind of like English spoken in Scotland and the States. - avicenna, Dec 6, 2010
My father is Iranian, so I know the nuts and bolts. I'm not a very good at it, but my family is totally fine with "Farsi" in reference to "Persian". It is comparable to us referring to Deutschland as Germany. - Beatrice-Codder, Dec 6, 2010
yeah Farsi is totally fine too, but it's actually like saying Deutch for German (the language), in Persian the language is called Farsi (Parsi) if that makes sense. - avicenna, Dec 6, 2010