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adjective
noun
2.
a member of the native peoples of Iran, descended in part from the ancient Iranians.
3.
a citizen of ancient Persia.
4.
an Iranian language, the principal language of Iran and western Afghanistan, in its historical and modern forms. Compare Old Persian, Pahlavi, Farsi.
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Architecture. a figure of a man used as a column.
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Persians. Persian blinds.
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Persian
is always a great word to know.
So is stele. Does it mean:
| a prepared surface on the face of a building or a rock bearing an inscription |
| a rigid, relatively slender, upright support, composed of relatively few pieces |
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| Persian (ˈpɜːʃən) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | of or relating to ancient Persia or modern Iran, their inhabitants, or their languages |
| —n | |
| 2. | a native, citizen, or inhabitant of modern Iran; an Iranian |
| 3. | a member of an Indo-European people of West Iranian speech who established a great empire in SW Asia in the 6th century |
| 4. | Avestan Old Persian Pahlavi See also Farsi 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 |
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Word Origin & History
Persian
c.1400, percynne (adj.), O.E. Perse (n.), both from L. *Persianus (the adj. via O.Fr. persien), from Persia "Persia," from Gk. Persis, from O.Pers. Parsa (cf. Pers. Fars, Heb. Paras, Arabic Faris). First record of Persian cat is 1821, in Lord Byron.
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