Persian
of or relating to ancient and recent Persia (now Iran), its people, or their language.
a member of the native peoples of Iran, descended in part from the ancient Iranians.
a citizen of ancient Persia.
an Iranian language, the principal language of Iran and western Afghanistan, in its historical and modern forms. Abbreviations: Pers, Pers.: Compare Old Persian, Pahlavi, Farsi.
Architecture. a figure of a man used as a column.
Persians. Persian blinds.
Origin of Persian
1Other words from Persian
- pre-Persian, adjective, noun
- pseudo-Persian, adjective, noun
- trans-Persian, adjective
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How to use Persian in a sentence
Let us now compare the nomenclature of the pre-Persian and Periclean temples.
It has been conjectured, but without evidence, that the relief belonged to the Pre-Persian Parthenon.
British Dictionary definitions for Persian
/ (ˈpɜːʃən) /
of or relating to ancient Persia or modern Iran, their inhabitants, or their languages
a native, citizen, or inhabitant of modern Iran; an Iranian
a member of an Indo-European people of West Iranian speech who established a great empire in SW Asia in the 6th century bc
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: See also Avestan, Old Persian, Pahlavi 2, Farsi
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