Persian

== English == === Etymology 1 === 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. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɜː.ʒən/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈpɝʒən/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ʒən IPA(key): (dated) /ˈpɜː(ɹ)ʃən/ ==== Adjective ==== Persian (comparative more Persian, superlative most Persian) Of, from, or pertaining to Persia. Of or pertaining to the Persian people. Of or pertaining to the Persian language. Synonyms: Farsi, Parsi ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== Persian (plural Persians) (historical) A native or inhabitant of the historical polity of Persia (for example, any of the various Persian empires). 1892, Benjamin Chapman Burt, A History of Modern Philosophy, page 111: The Persians (including the Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes, Syrians, Phœnicians, Jews, and Egyptians), in contrast to the foregoing, possess a germ of historical development, […] 2015, Elizabeth Carne, King and Court in Ancient Macedonia, page xv: […] Macedonians and Persians had a long history of contact: Macedonia had once been part of the Persian Empire – Alexander I fought on the Persian side in the Persian War – and there were personal and diplomatic contacts of many sorts […] (dated, countable) An Iranian (person from Iran). (countable) A member of the ethnic group indigenous to Persis and the Iranian plateau that forms the majority of the population of modern-day Iran. 2016, J. Kechichian, Iran, Iraq and the Arab Gulf States, page 38: Recruits [to the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps] tended to be ethnic Persians or Azeris between the ages of 17 and 28 and generally hailed from poorer or religious families. (countable) Short for Persian cat (Canada, chiefly 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. A sheep of the Blackhead Persian breed. A thin silk fabric, formerly used for linings. (architecture) Any of a set of male figures used instead of columns to support an entablature. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Proper noun ==== Persian The Persian language, or a family of languages spoken primarily in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Synonyms: Farsi, Parsi, Dari (in Afghanistan), Tajik (in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan), Classical Persian (historical) ===== Usage notes ===== The term Farsi has gained currency in English to refer to the Persian language. Though often used for all varieties, it is frequently used to distinguish the variety spoken in Iran from other varieties. Likewise, the terms Dari and Tajik or Tajiki have become common terms to distinguish varieties spoke in Afghanistan (Dari) and Tajikistan and Uzbekistan (Tajiki), though this distinction is sometimes controversial. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== Wiktionary’s coverage of Persian terms Appendix:Persian Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Persian ===== Further reading ===== English–Persian and Persian–English dictionary ISO 639-1 code fa, ISO 639-3 code fas (SIL) Ethnologue entry for Persian, fas ⁠, a language family including: ==== Related terms ==== === Etymology 2 === From Persius +‎ -ian. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈpɜː(ɹ)si.ən/, /ˈpɜː(ɹ)ʃən/ Homophone: Persean ==== Adjective ==== Persian (comparative more Persian, superlative most Persian) Of or pertaining to Persius (Roman writer) === Anagrams === arpines, asperin, paniers, prasine, rapines, saprine, separin == Finnish == === Noun === Persian genitive singular of Persia === Anagrams === parisen, parsien, rapisen