Meaning

4 senses

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to Persia.

    persisch

    перси́дскийpersídskij

    пе́рськийpérsʹkyj, перси́дськийpersýdsʹkyj

  2. Of or pertaining to the Persian people.

    persisch

    перси́дскийpersídskij

  3. Of or pertaining to the Persian language.

    persisch

    перси́дскийpersídskij

  4. Of or pertaining to Persius (Roman writer)

More definitions
  • of or relating to Iran or its people or language or culture

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

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  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

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
of, from, or pertaining to Persia:
Русский
By meaning 1
of, from, or pertaining to Persia:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
of, from, or pertaining to Persia:

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.

From Persius + -ian.

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Forms

more Persian, most Persian
Comparativemore Persian Lesson
Superlativemost Persian Lesson

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
FarsiParsi
Close in meaning
  • of or relating to Iran or its people or language or culture:Iranian

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
persecutorperseveranceB2perseverantperseverepersimmonpersistB2persistenceB2persistentB2

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