The modern Persian language (5)

I believe the answer is:

farsi

(Other definitions for farsi that I've seen before include "Modern Persian lang." , "Iran's official language" , "Language of Iran" , "Persian language" , "foreign language" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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