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Food and Drink

گوجه فرنگی

/ gojeh-ye farangi /
noun  ·  tomato

Meaning

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گوجه فرنگی (gojeh-ye farangi) means tomato in Persian. The compound joins gojeh, a native Persian word for a small plum-like fruit, with farangi, meaning European or foreign, because tomatoes arrived in Iran from Europe.

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گوجه فرنگیgojeh-ye farangi
گوجه فرنگیgojeh-ye farangi
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