Meaning

7 senses

  1. (historical)A native or inhabitant of the historical polity of Persia (for example, any of the various Persian empires).

    a native or inhabitant of Iran

  2. (dated)An Iranian (person from Iran).

  3. A member of the ethnic group indigenous to Persis and the Iranian plateau that forms the majority of the population of modern-day Iran.

    Perser, Perserin

    персpers, персия́нкаpersijánka

    персpers, персія́нкаpersijánka

  4. (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.

  5. A sheep of the Blackhead Persian breed.

  6. A thin silk fabric, formerly used for linings.

  7. Any of a set of male figures used instead of columns to support an entablature.

Examples

81 sentences

  1. Long live the Persian language!

    Хай живе перська мова! — deniko

    ruДа здравствует персидский язык! — Olya

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  2. There was a Persian cat sleeping on the table.

    ruНа столе спал персидский кот. — odexed

    CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · A1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  3. Tom bought a Persian rug.

    ruТом купил персидский ковёр. — Wezel

    deTom hat sich einen Perserteppich gekauft. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. I am studying the Persian language.

    Я вивчаю перську мову. — deniko

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  5. Would it be possible to write mountain in persian?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
person from Persis:
Русский
By meaning 1
person from Persis:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
person from Persis:

Origin

From Middle English Persien, from Middle French persien, from Italian persiano, from Medie

From Middle English Persien, from Middle French persien, from Italian persiano, from Medieval Latin Persiānus, from Persia (itself from Persēs/Persa (“Persian man”) [from Ancient Greek Πέρσης (Pérsēs), itself from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /⁠Pārsa⁠/, “Persian”)] + -ia (suffix forming country names)) + -iānus. Equivalent to Pers(ia) + -ian.

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Forms

plural: Persians
SingularPersian
PluralPersians

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the language of Persia (Iran) in any of its ancient forms:FarsiPersian languageFarsi language
  • a native or inhabitant of Iran:IraniIranian

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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