English
Etymology
From Middle English percynne < Middle French persien < Latin *Persianus < Latin Persia < Greek Περσίς < Old Persian Pārsa .
Noun
- The official language of Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan, Persian belongs to the Southwestern branch of the Iranian subfamily of the Indo-Iranian family of languages. Indo-Iranian itself is a subfamily of the Indo-European language family. Related languages are Kurdish, Pashto, and Avestan . Primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Persian in its modern form was already standardised by the 10th century AD. It is one of the earliest standard languages and has one of the most extensive and exalted literatures among the world's languages.
- A cinnamon bun coated with pink icing on top (local colloquialism, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada)
Translations
Persian language (noun)
- Arabic: فَارْسِي (fársi)
- Armenian: Պարսկերեն (Parskeren)
- Azeri: fars dili
- Belarusian: пэрсійдзкая (persíjdzkaja)
- Bulgarian: персийски (persíjski)
- Chinese: 波斯语 (bōsīyǔ)
- Croatian: perzijski
- Czech: perský
- Danish: persisk
- Dutch: Perzisch
- German: Persisch
- Esperanto: Persa lingvo
- Estonian: pärsia
- Faeroese: persiskt
- Finnish: persia
- French: Persane m
- Georgian: ფარსიული (parsiuli)
- Greek (Ancient): περσιστί (persistí)
- Greek (Modern): Περσικά (Persiká)
- Gujarati: ફારસી (pharsī)
- Hebrew: פרסית (parsít)
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- Hindi: फारसी (pharsī)
- Hungarian: perzsa
- Italian: persiano
- Japanese: ペルシア語 (pérushia-go)
- Korean: 페르샤어 (pereusya-oe)
- Kurdish: farisî
- Nepali: पर्सियन (parsiyan)
- Norwegian: persisk
- Persian: فارسی (fārsi)
- Polish: perski
- Portuguese: persa m
- Russian: персидский (persídskij)
- Spanish: persa m
- Swahili: Kiajemi (noun 7)
- Swedish: persiska
- Tatar: farsí tele
- Thai: ภาษาเปอร์เซีย (phaasáá puuhrsiia)
- Turkish: farsça
- Urdu: فارسي (fársi)
- Vietnamese: tiếng Ba Tư
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Adjective
Describes a person, place or object referring to Persia or Persians.
See also
Translations
- Arabic: فارسي (fársi)
- Bulgarian: персиец (persíets) m, персийка (persíjka) f (1)
- Danish: persianer (2)
- Dutch: Pers m, Perzische f (1); Perzisch n (2)
- Chinese: 波斯人 (bōsīrén) (1)
- Esperanto: perso (2)
- Finnish: persialainen (1); persia (3)
- French: Persan m (1,2)
- German: Perser m, Perserin f (1)
- Gujarati: ફારસી (pharsī) (1)
- Hindi: फ़ारसी (pharsī) (1)
- Hungarian: perzsiai (2)
- Indonesian: farsi (2)
- Italian: persiano (2)
- Korean: 페르샤의 (pereusya-ui) (2)
- Persian: فارسی (fārsi) (2)
- Polish: perski (2)
- Portuguese: persa m/f (2)
- Russian: персидский (persídskij) (2)
- Slovak: peržan m, peržanka f (1); peržština f (2)
- Spanish: persa m/f (2)
- Swahili: kiajemi (2)
- Swedish: perser m, pl, persiska f (1,2)
- Turkish: farsça (2)
- Urdu: فارسي (fārsī)
Adjective
Persian
- of, from, or pertaining to Persia.
- of or pertaining to the Persian people.
- of or pertaining to the Persian language.
Synonyms
Translations
- Azeri: fars
- Bulgarian: персийски (persíjski) m & pl
- Chinese: 波斯 的 (bōsī de) (1), 波斯人 的 (bōsīrén de) (2); 波斯语 的 (bōsīyǔ de) (3)
- Danish: persisk
- Dutch: Perzisch , Perzische
- Esperanto: persa
- Finnish: persialainen
- French: persan
- German: persisch
- Greek: περσικός (persikós)
- Japanese: ペルシア (pérushia) (1), ペルシアの (pérushia no) (2), ペルシア人 (pérushia-jin) (3)
- Kurdish: farisî
- Norwegian: persisk
- Persian: ایرانی (irāni), فارسی (fārsi)
- Polish: perski
- Portuguese: persa 'm/f
- Russian: персидский (persídskij)
- Slovak: perzský m, perzská f, perzské n
- Spanish: persa 'm/f
- Swedish: persisk , persiska
- Tatar: farsí
- Turkish: İran
See also
- Wikipedia article on Persian
