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Persian

[ pur-zhuhn, -shuhn ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to ancient and recent Persia (now Iran), its people, or their language.


noun

  1. a member of the native peoples of Iran, descended in part from the ancient Iranians.
  2. a citizen of ancient Persia.
  3. an Iranian language, the principal language of Iran and western Afghanistan, in its historical and modern forms. : Pers, Pers. Compare Old Persian, Pahlavi, Farsi.
  4. Architecture. a figure of a man used as a column.
  5. Persians. Persian blinds.

Persian

/ ˈ±èÉœËʃə²Ô /

adjective

  1. of or relating to ancient Persia or modern Iran, their inhabitants, or their languages
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a native, citizen, or inhabitant of modern Iran; an Iranian
  2. a member of an Indo-European people of West Iranian speech who established a great empire in SW Asia in the 6th century bc
  3. the language of Iran or Persia in any of its ancient or modern forms, belonging to the West Iranian branch of the Indo-European family See also Avestan Old Persian Pahlavi 2 Farsi
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±è°ù±ð-±Ê±ð°ùs¾±²¹²Ô adjective noun
  • ±è²õ±ð³Üd´Ç-±Ê±ð°ùs¾±²¹²Ô adjective noun
  • ³Ù°ù²¹²Ô²õ-±Ê±ð°ùs¾±²¹²Ô adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of Persian1

First recorded in 1325–75; Persi(a) + -an; replacing Middle English Persien, from Middle French; replacing Old English Persisc ( -ish 1 )
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Example Sentences

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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has fired one of his deputies for taking a "lavish" trip to Antarctica with his wife during Nowruz, the Persian new year.

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"Now the song's finished, and it's out, I'm discovering more and more every single day that Persians are really, really proud of their culture, and it's great to celebrate it," Sheeran told BBC Radio 1.

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The DNA sample she had sent to the company revealed that she was nearly 50% Persian, though to her knowledge, she didn’t have any Persian relatives.

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His family have described him as a passionate fan of Persian poetry who had travelled to Iran on a tourist visa as part of a world tour.

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Briefly, the Purim holiday tells the story of Haman, advisor to the Persian king, who plots to kill all the Jews in the Empire.

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