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‖ farsang|ˈfɑːsæŋ| Also in Arab. form farsakh. [Pers. farsang: see parasang.] ‘A Persian measure of distance—the Parasang of the ancients—about four miles’ (H. H. Wilson Gloss. Ind. Terms.)
1613Purchas Pilgrimage (1864) 65 From hence they reckon their way by farsangs. 1753Hanway Trav. (1762) I. iii. xxxiii. 154 We travelled three farsangs over mountains. 1864Pusey Lect. Daniel iii. 119 A reservoir..40 farsangs in circumference. 1889Times (weekly ed.) 13 Dec. 8/1 A distance of 12 farsakhs, or 48 miles. |