Persian

See also: persian

Persian - English

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA: /ˈpɝʒən/
  • (dated) IPA: /ˈpɜː(ɹ)ʃən/

Noun

Persian (countable and uncountable, plural Persians)

  1. (uncountable) The Persian language, or a family of languages spoken primarily in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
  2. (countable) A person from Persia.
  3. (countable) A person of Persian descent.
  4. (historical) An Iranian.
  5. A Persian cat.
  6. (Canada, chiefly northwest Ontario) A pastry local to the Thunder Bay region in Canada often compared to either a cinnamon bun or a donut topped with pink icing.
  7. A sheep of the Blackhead Persian breed.
  8. A thin silk fabric, formerly used for linings.
  9. (architecture) Any of a set of male figures used instead of columns to support an entablature.

Usage notes

  • The term "Farsi" (likely derived from the Iranian variety name for "Persian") has recently developed currency in English to refer to the Persian language, especially the variety spoken in Iran. Varieties of the Persian language, or languages included in the Persian family of languages spoken primarily in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, are called "Dari" in Afghanistan and "Tajik" or "Tajiki" in Tajikistan.

Derived terms

Translations

  • Arabic: فَارِسِيّ m (fārisiyy), فَارِسِيَّة f (fārisiyya)
  • Aramaic:
    • Syriac: ܦܪܣܝܐ, ܥܓܡܝܐ, ܦܖܣܝܐ (archaic)
  • Armenian: պարսիկ (hy) (parsik)
  • Azerbaijani: fars (az)
  • Basque: persiar
  • Belarusian: перс m (pjers), персія́нка f (pjersijánka)
  • Bulgarian: перси́ец m (persíec), перси́йка f (persíjka)
  • Catalan: persa (ca) m or f, persà m, persana f
  • Chechen: гӏажари (ğažari)
  • Chinese:
  • Czech: Peršan (cs) m, Peršanka (cs) f
  • Danish: perser c
  • Dutch: Pers (nl) m, Perzische (nl) f
  • Esperanto: persiano, persianino (female)
  • Estonian: pärslane
  • Faroese: persi m
  • Finnish: persialainen (fi)
  • French: Perse (fr) m or f, Persan (fr) m, Persane (fr) f
  • Georgian: სპარსელი (sṗarseli), სპარსი (sṗarsi)
  • German: Perser (de) m, Perserin (de) f
  • Greek: Πέρσης (el) m (Pérsis), Περσίδα (el) f (Persída)
  • Hebrew: פָּרְסִי (he) m (parsi)
  • Hindi: पारसी (hi) m (pārsī)
  • Hungarian: perzsa (hu)
  • Ido: Persiana (io)
  • Italian: persiano (it) m, persiana (it) f
  • Japanese: ペルシア人 (ペルシアじん, perushiajin)
  • Kazakh: парсы (parsy)
  • Korean: 페르시아인 (pereusiain), 페르시아 사람 (pereusia saram)
  • Kumyk: фарс (fars)
  • Kurdish:
    • Central Kurdish: فارس (ku) (fars)
    • Northern Kurdish: please add this translation if you can
  • Kyrgyz: перс (pers), фарсы (farsı)
  • Latin: Persa (la) m, Persēs m, , Persis (la) f
  • Latvian: persietis m, persiete f
  • Lithuanian: persas m, persė f
  • Macedonian: Персијанец m (Persijanec), Персијанка f (Persijanka)
  • Malay: Parsi
  • Mongolian:
  • Norwegian:
  • Occitan: persan (oc)
  • Oriya: ପାରସୀ (or) (parôsi), ପାରଶୀ (or) (parôśi)
  • Pashto: پارسیوان m (pârsiwân), فارس (ps) (fārs), پارس (ps) (pārs), پاړس (pāṛs)
  • Persian: فارس (fa) (fârs), پارس (fa) (pârs)
  • Polish: Pers (pl) m, Persjanka f, Persyjka f
  • Portuguese: persa (pt) m or f
  • Romanian: persan (ro) m, persană (ro) f
  • Russian: перс (ru) m (pers), персия́нка (ru) f (persijánka)
  • Sanskrit: पारसी (sa) (pārasī), पारसीक (sa) (pārasīka), पारशीक (sa) (pāraśīka)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    • Cyrillic: Персијанац m, Персијанка f, Перзијанац, Перзијанка f
    • Roman: Persijanac m, Persijanka f, Perzijanec, Perzijanka f
  • Slovak: Peržan m, Peržanka f
  • Slovene: Perzijec m, Perzijka f
  • Spanish: persa (es) m or f
  • Swahili: Mwajemi
  • Swedish: perser (sv) c, persiska (sv) c (female)
  • Tajik: форс (fors), порс (pors)
  • Tatar: фарсы (tt) (farsı)
  • Turkish: Fars (tr), Acem (tr)
  • Ukrainian: перс m (pers), персія́нка f (persijánka)
  • Uyghur: پارس (pars)
  • Uzbek: fors (uz)

Adjective

Persian (comparative more Persian, superlative most Persian)

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to Persia.
  2. Of or pertaining to the Persian people.
  3. Of or pertaining to the Persian language.

Derived terms

Translations


Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈpɜː(ɹ)si.ən/, /ˈpɜː(ɹ)ʃən/
  • Homophone: Persean

Adjective

Persian (comparative more Persian, superlative most Persian)

  1. Of or pertaining to Persius (Roman writer)

Anagrams

Persian - Finnish

Noun

Persian

  1. genitive singular of Persia

Anagrams

Meaning and Definition of Persian
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