Persian

Etymology
From percynne:, from  persien:, from  persiano:, from  Persianus:, blend of  Persia: and Asianus:, from  Περσίς:, from  𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿: (compare modern Persian پارس:).

Proper noun

 * 1) A group of very similar languages spoken primarily in Iran, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Azeri: fars dili
 * Basque: persiera
 * Belarusian: персідская, персідская мова, фарсі
 * Bosnian: ,
 * Breton: perseg
 * Bulgarian: персийски,
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , 波斯文
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech: perština
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: Persa lingvo
 * Estonian: pärsia
 * Faroese: persiskt
 * Finnish: farsi, farsin kieli, persia (dated)
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient Greek: περσιστί (persistí)
 * Gujarati: ફારસી
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:, पारसी
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:


 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 페르샤어
 * Kurdish: ,
 * Macedonian: персиски,
 * Maltese: il-Persjan
 * Navajo:
 * Nepali: पर्सियन (parsiyan), पर्सियन
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Persian:, , زبان فارسی
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: persană
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: перзијски, персијски, фарси
 * Roman: perzijski, persijski, farsi
 * Sindhi:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik: забони форсӣ, форсӣ
 * Tatar: farsí tele
 * Thai: ภาษาเปอร์เซีย
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: персидська мова, фарсі
 * Urdu: ,
 * Vietnamese:

Noun

 * 1) A member of the main ethnic group of Iran.
 * 2) A domestic cat breed.
 * 3) A pastry local to the Thunder Bay region in Canada often compared to either a cinnamon bun or a donut topped with pink icing.
 * 4) A breed of sheep prized for its lambs' wool.

Synonyms

 * : Iranian (note that not all Iranians are ethnically Persians)

Derived terms

 * Dari-Persian
 * Tajiki-Persian

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Old Armenian: ,
 * Basque: persiar
 * Catalan:, persà, persana
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: (bōsīrén)
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, Perzische
 * Finnish:
 * German: Perser, Perserin
 * Greek: ,


 * Hungarian:
 * Ido: Persiana
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian Bokmål:
 * Norwegian Nynorsk: persar
 * Persian: (fârs),  (fârsi),  (pârsi),  (irâni)
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: persan, persană
 * Russian: ,
 * Turkish: Fars


 * Catalan: gat persa
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: (bōsīmāo)
 * Danish: perser, angorakat
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: gatto persiano, persiano


 * Navajo:
 * Persian: (gorbe-ye irâni),  (gorbe-ye pašmâlu)
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: персидский кот,
 * Turkish: İran kedisi


 * : (fársi)
 * : персиец (persíets), персийка (persíjka) (1)
 * : perso (2)
 * : Persan (1,2)
 * : ફારસી (pharsī) (1)
 * : फ़ारसी (farsī) (1)
 * : farsi (2)


 * : 페르샤의 (pereusya-ui) (2)
 * : (irâni),  (fârsi),  (pârsi)
 * :, peržanka (1); peržština (2)
 * : persa (2)
 * : Kiajemi (2)
 * : perser, persiska  (1,2)
 * : farsça (2)
 * : (irâni),  (fârsi)

Adjective

 * Of, from, or pertaining to Persia.
 * 1) Of or pertaining to the Persian people.
 * 2) Of or pertaining to the Persian language.

Synonyms

 * : Iranian

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Catalan:, persà, persana
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: (bōsīde)
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Greek:


 * Hungarian: perzsa
 * Italian: persiano, persico (today only in geographical terms as Golfo Persico)
 * Japanese: ペルシアの (Perushia no)
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: persa, pérsico
 * Russian:


 * Armenian:
 * Catalan:, persà, persana
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: (bōsīrénde)
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German:


 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: perzsa
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ペルシア人の (Perushiajin no)
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: persa, pérsico
 * Russian:


 * Armenian: պարսկերենի
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: (bōsīyǔde)
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: persialainen, persiankielinen
 * German:


 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: perzsa
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ペルシア語の (Perushiago no)
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: persa, pérsico
 * Russian:


 * : fars
 * : персийски (persíjski)
 * : persa
 * : persan
 * : farisî
 * : persisk


 * : (irâni),  (fârsi)
 * : perzský
 * : persa
 * : persisk, persiska
 * : farsí
 * : İran
 * : (irâni),  (fârsi)

Anagrams

 * parisen, parsien, rapisen

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