Zaccone
February 17, 2025, 7:41am
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OED said it’s an edict from “oriental” sovereign, or a grant or permit.
Alternate spelling:
Appeared in English 17th c, from Persian firmān
A firman (Persian: فرمان, romanized: farmān; Turkish: ferman), at the constitutional level, was a royal mandate or decree issued by a sovereign in an Islamic state. During various periods such firmans were collected and applied as traditional bodies of law. The English word firman comes from the Persian farmān meaning "decree" or "order".
Farmān is the modern Persian form of the word and descends from Middle Persian (Pahlavi) framān, ultimately from Old Persian framānā (fra = "fore"). The diff...
Scott
February 21, 2025, 4:57pm
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Since there are so many more uncommon words (such as firman) than common words, they are less likely to get covered in this dictionary. It really comes down to the judgement (and limitations) of Talia and Doug for the more niche stuff.