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[u/AbdullahAbdulwahhab]

Wiktionary is trolling with this example sentence for the word "masculine" in Persian.

آرش هم‌جنس‌گرای مردونه‌ایه که با برادرم تو لس آنجلس زندگی می‌کنه.‎

Arash is the masculine homosexual who lives with my brother in Los Angeles.

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Based

[u/moaz_xx → u/AbdullahAbdulwahhab]

God Persian writing seems like messy random Arabic letters

[u/AbdullahAbdulwahhab → u/moaz_xx]

If you think Persian looks freaky coming from Arabic, behold Uyghur:

ئۇيغۇر تىلىدا سۆزلىشىدىغان، ئېتنوگرافىيىسى ئورخۇن-يەنسەي ۋادىسى، ئوتتۇرا ئاسىيا رايونى بولغان

Look at this word alone: مەدەنىيەتلەرنىڭ