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Etymology 1

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From Middle English percynne, 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

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Noun

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Persian (countable and uncountable, plural Persians)

  1. (uncountable) The Persian language, or a family of languages spoken primarily in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
    Synonyms: Farsi, Dari (in Afghanistan), Tajik (in 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 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.
  7. A sheep of the Blackhead Persian breed.
  8. A thin silk fabric, formerly used for linings.
    • 1696, J. F. Merchant?, The merchant's ware-house laid open:
      There is of those Persians several lengths.
  9. (architecture) Any of a set of male figures used instead of columns to support an entablature.
Usage notes
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  • The term "Farsi" has gained currency in English to refer to the Persian language, though often used for all varieties it, 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.
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Translations
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Adjective

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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.
    Synonym: Farsi
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Further reading

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Etymology 2

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From Persius +‎ -ian.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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Persian (comparative more Persian, superlative most Persian)

  1. Of or pertaining to Persius (Roman writer)
    • 1998, Stephen Hinds, Allusion and Intertext: Dynamics of Appropriation in Roman Poetry:
      ...as it seems from an Ovidian or Persian standpoint and also, perhaps, from the comic standpoints of Plautus or Caecilius...

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Finnish

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Noun

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Persian

  1. genitive singular of Persia

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