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Usage
Template {{lang-fa}} indicates to readers the original form of a term or phrase in Persian. The term or phrase is the only mandatory parameter. The text is formatted according to recommendations in Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Text formatting#Foreign terms (italics for Latin-script languages, regular for others).
The parameter |links=no prevents the language name from being linked.
The parameter |lit= enables a literal translation to be given.
Syntax
- {{lang-fa
- |Persian text – using Persian. (mandatory)
- |links=value – valid values: yes to have the language name linked (default) and no to prevent the language name from being linked. (optional)
- |lit=string – valid strings are English phrases of Persian. (optional)
- |translit=string – valid strings are transliterations (with the Latin script) of Persian text. (optional)
- }}
Examples
Code Result هزار افسان}} Persian: هزار افسان دهه فجر|lit=ten days of dawn}} Persian: دهه فجر, lit. 'ten days of dawn' Persian|transliteration|lit=literal|links=no}} Persian: Persian, translit. transliteration, lit. 'literal'
See also
- {{lang}}, and its opposite, {{Language with name/for}}
- {{rtl-lang|fa}}, for untransliterated Persian-language strings without preceding "Persian:" link.
- {{script|Arab|...}} for Arabic script without specifying a language.
- {{link language}}
- {{fa icon}}
TemplateData for Lang-fa
<templatedata> { "params": { "1": { "label": "Text", "description": "The foreign text to display.", "type": "string", "required": true }, "links": { "label": "Display link", "description": "Set to no to disable the link to the article's language.", "type": "boolean" }, "lit": { "label": "Literal translation" }, "translit": { "label": "Transliteration", "description": "A Latin alphabet respelling of Persian text", "type": "string" } }, "description": "Insert Persian text. Indicates to readers the original form of a term or phrase in Persian." } </templatedata>
