Persian

Meaning

Name

The Persian language, or a family of languages spoken primarily in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.

Noun

1. (countable, dated) An Iranian.
2. (countable, historical) A person from Persia.
3. (countable) A person of Persian descent.
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable) Short for Persian cat
5. (Canada, Northwestern, 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.
6. A sheep of the Blackhead Persian breed.
7. A thin silk fabric, formerly used for linings.
8. Any of a set of male figures used instead of columns to support an entablature.

Adj

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

Adj

Of or pertaining to Persius (Roman writer)

Synonyms

Iranian

🇮🇷

Farsi

barbarian

Irani

non-Arab

Afghanistan

🇦🇫

farsi

foreign

Pashto

Persian cat

kaymak

persiennes

Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan

Parsi

Translations

persan

persiano

persa

persa

Perzisch

Persisch

Farsça

persa

perse

فارسي

περσικά

persisch

farisî

περσικός

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɜː.ʒən/

Etymology

From Middle English Persien, from Middle French persien, from Italian persiano, from Medieval Latin Persiānus, from Latin Persia, from Ancient Greek Περσίς (Persís), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /⁠Pārsa⁠/, “Persia”) (compare Early Classical Persian پارس (pārs) or modern Iranian Persian فارس (fârs), where the shift p > f. Equivalent to Persia + -ian.

Sentences

The excavation has discovered three complete settlement layers from the Persian period .