Persian

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Etymology

From Middle English percynne, from Middle French persien, from Italian persiano, from Medieval Latin Persiānus, blend of Latin Persia and Asiānus, from Ancient Greek Περσίς (Persís), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (Pārsa, “Persia”) (compare modern Persian پارس (Pārs)).

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈpɜː.ʒən/, X-SAMPA: /"p3:.Z@n/
• (US) IPA: /ˈpɝːʒən/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)ʒən

Proper noun

Persian

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

Usage notes

• Persian is the name applied to the official language of Iran. This language is also spoken in Tajikistan and some parts of Afghanistan.
• The name "Farsi" (the local name for Persian) has developed currency in English to refer to the dialect spoken in Iran. Afghans usually call it Dari, and the version spoken in Tajikistan is called Tajiki Persian or simply Tajiki.

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Persian terms

Translations

Persian language

• Albanian: gjuha perse (sq)
• Arabic: فَارْسِي (ar) (fársi)
• Armenian: պարսկերեն (hy) (parskeren) 
• Azeri: fars dili
• Basque: persiera (eu)
• Belarusian: персідская (be) (persídskaja) f , персідская мова (be) (persídskaja móva) f , фарсі (be) (farsí) m 
• Breton: perseg (br) m
• Bulgarian: персийски (bg) (persíjski) , фарси (bg) (farsi) 
• Catalan: persa (ca) m, farsi (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 波斯語 (cmn), 波斯语 (cmn) (Bōsī-yǔ), 波斯文 (cmn) (Bōsī-wén)

• Czech: perština f
• Danish: persisk (da)
• Dutch: Perzisch (nl) n
• Esperanto: Persa lingvo
• Estonian: pärsia
• Faroese: persiskt (fo) n
• Finnish: persia (fi), farsi (fi), farsin kieli
• French: persan (fr) m
• Georgian: სპარსული (ka) (sparsuli) 
• German: Persisch (de) n
• Greek: περσικά (el) (persiká) n pl , φαρσί (el) (farsí) 

  Ancient Greek: περσιστί (persistí)

• Greenlandic: Persiskisut (kl), Farsimiutut (kl)
• Gujarati: ફારસી (gu) (pharsī)
• Hebrew: פרסית (he) (parsít) f
• Hindi: फ़ारसी (hi) (fārsī) f, पारसी (hi) (pārsī) f
• Hungarian: perzsa (hu)
• Icelandic: persneska (is) f
• Italian: persiano (it) m
• Japanese: ペルシア語 (ja) (Pérushia-go)

• Korean: 페르샤어 (ko) (Pereusya-eo)
• Kurdish: farisî (ku), فارسی (ku)
• Macedonian: персиски (mk) (pérsiski) m, фарси (mk) (fársi) m
• Malay: bahasa Parsi (ms)
• Maltese: Il-Persjan (mt) m
• Navajo: Béézhąą bizaad
• Nepali: पर्सियन (parsiyan), पर्सियन (ne) (parsiyan)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: persisk (nb) m, farsi (nb) m

  Nynorsk: persisk (nn) m, farsi (nn) m

• Ossetian: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: فارسی (fa) (fârsi), پارسی (fa) (pârsi), زبان فارسی (fa) (zabân-e fârsi)
• Polish: perski (pl) m
• Portuguese: persa (pt) m
• Romanian: persană (ro) f
• Russian: фарси (ru) (farsí) m  (indeclinable), персидский (ru) (persídskij) 
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: перзијски (sh) m, персијски (sh) m, фарси (sh) m

  Roman: perzijski (sh) m, persijski (sh) m, farsi (sh) m

• Sindhi: فارسِي
• Spanish: persa (es) m
• Swahili: Kiajemi (sw)
• Swedish: persiska (sv)
• Tajik: забони форсӣ (tg) (zaboni forsī) , форсӣ (tg) (forsī) 
• Tatar: farsí tele
• Thai: ภาษาเปอร์เซีย (th) (paasăa puuhrsiia)
• Turkish: Farsça (tr)
• Ukrainian: персидська мова (uk) (persýds'ka móva) f , фарсі (uk) (farsí) m 
• Urdu: فارسی (ur) (fārsī) f, پارسی (ur) (pārsī) f
• Vietnamese: tiếng Ba Tư (vi)

Noun

Persian (plural Persians)

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.
5. A thin silk fabric, formerly used for linings.

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Synonyms

• (member of the people): Iranian (note that not all Iranians are ethnically Persians)

Derived terms

• Dari-Persian
• Tajiki-Persian

See also

• Farsi
• Iranian

Translations

member of ethnic group

• Armenian: պարսիկ (hy) (parsik) 

  Old Armenian: պարսք (parskʿ) pl, պարսիկ (parsik)

• Basque: persiar (eu)
• Catalan: persa (ca) m and f, persà (ca) m, persana (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: trad. 波斯人, simpl. 波斯人 (bōsīrén)

• Czech: Peršan (cs) m
• Danish: perser (da) c
• Dutch: Pers (nl) m, Perzische (nl) f
• Esperanto: persiano (eo) (man or woman), persianino (eo) (woman)
• Finnish: farsi (fi)
• French: Perse (fr) m and f
• German: Perser m, Perserin f
• Greek: Πέρσης (el) (Pérsis) m , Περσίδα (el) (Persída) f 
• Hungarian: perzsa (hu)

• Ido: Persiana (io)
• Italian: persiano (it)
• Kurdish: please add this translation if you can
• Malay: Parsi (ms)
• Norwegian Bokmål: perser (nb) m
• Norwegian Nynorsk: persar (nn)
• Ossetian: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: فارس (fârs), فارسی (fârsi), پارسی (pârsi), ایرانی (irâni), پارس (fa) (pârs)
• Polish: Pers (pl) m
• Portuguese: persa (pt) m and f
• Romanian: persan (ro) m, persană (ro) f
• Russian: перс (ru) (pers) m , персиянка (ru) (persijánka) f 
• Tajik: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: Fars (tr)

breed of cat

• Catalan: gat persa (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: trad. 波斯貓, simpl. 波斯猫 (bōsīmāo)

• Danish: perser (da) c, angorakat (da) c
• Dutch: pers (nl) m
• Esperanto: persa kato (eo)
• Finnish: persialainen (fi)
• Hungarian: perzsa macska (hu)

• Italian: gatto persiano, persiano
• Navajo: mósíʼilí
• Persian: گربۀ ایرانی (gorbe-ye irâni), گربۀ پشمالو (gorbe-ye pašmâlu)
• Polish: pers (pl) m
• Portuguese: persa (pt) m and f
• Russian: персидский кот (ru) (persídskij kot) m , перс (ru) (pers) m 
• Turkish: İran kedisi (tr)

pastry

sheep

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Translations to be checked

• Arabic: فارسي (fársi)
• Bulgarian: персиец (persíets) m, персийка (persíjka) f (1)
• Esperanto: perso (2)
• French: Persan m (1,2)
• Gujarati: ફારસી (pharsī) (1)
• Hindi: फ़ारसी (farsī) (1)
• Indonesian: farsi (2)

• Korean: 페르샤의 (pereusya-ui) (2)
• Persian: ایرانی (irâni), فارسی (fârsi), پارسی (pârsi)
• Slovak: peržan (sk) m, peržanka (sk) f (1); peržština (sk) f (2)
• Spanish: persa m and f (2)
• Swahili: Kiajemi (2)
• Swedish: perser m pl, persiska f (1,2)
• Turkish: farsça (2)
• Urdu: ایرانی (irâni), فارسی (fârsi)

Adjective

Persian (comparative more Persian, superlative most Persian)

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

Synonyms

• (of the people): Iranian

Translations

from or pertaining to Persia

• Armenian: պարսկական (hy) (parskakan) 
• Catalan: persa (ca) m and f, persà (ca) m, persana (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: trad. 波斯的, simpl. 波斯的 (bōsīde)

• Danish: persisk (da)
• Dutch: Perzisch (nl)
• Finnish: persialainen (fi)
• German: persisch (de)
• Greek: περσικός (el) (persikós) m 
• Hungarian: perzsa (hu)

• Italian: persiano, persico (today only in geographical terms as Golfo Persico)
• Japanese: ペルシアの (Perushia no)
• Kurdish: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: persisk (no)
• Ossetian: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: ایرانی (fa) (irâni)
• Polish: perski (pl) m
• Portuguese: persa, pérsico, pérseo (pt) m
• Russian: перси́дский (ru) (persídskij) 
• Tajik: please add this translation if you can

pertaining to the Persian people

• Armenian: պարսկական (hy) (parskakan) 
• Catalan: persa (ca) m and f, persà (ca) m, persana (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: trad. 波斯人的, simpl. 波斯人的 (bōsīrénde)

• Danish: persisk (da)
• Dutch: Perzisch (nl)
• Finnish: persialainen (fi)
• German: persisch (de)

• Greek: περσικός (el) (persikós) m 
• Hungarian: perzsa (hu)
• Italian: persiano (it)
• Japanese: ペルシア人の (Perushiajin no)
• Polish: perski (pl)
• Portuguese: persa, pérsico
• Russian: перси́дский (ru) (persídskij) 

pertaining to the Persian language

• Armenian: պարսկերենի (hy) (parskereni) 
• Catalan: persa (ca) m and f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: trad. 波斯語的, simpl. 波斯语的 (bōsīyǔde)

• Danish: persisk (da)
• Dutch: Perzisch (nl)
• Finnish: persialainen, persiankielinen
• German: persisch (de)

• Greek: περσικός (el) (persikós) m 
• Hungarian: perzsa (hu)
• Italian: persiano (it)
• Japanese: ペルシア語の (Perushiago no)
• Polish: perski (pl) m
• Portuguese: persa, pérsico
• Russian: перси́дский (ru) (persídskij) 

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Translations to be checked

• Azeri: fars
• Bulgarian: персийски (persíjski) m pl
• Esperanto: persa
• French: persan
• Kurdish: farisî
• Norwegian: persisk

• Persian: ایرانی (irâni), فارسی (fârsi)
• Slovak: perzský
• Spanish: persa
• Swedish: persisk, persiska
• Tatar: farsí
• Turkish: İran
• Urdu: ایرانی (irâni), فارسی (fârsi)

External links

• English–Persian and Persian–English dictionary
• ISO 639-1 code fa, ISO 639-3 code fas It's a family or related languages. The individual ones are:

Ethnologue entry for Western Farsi, pes

Ethnologue entry for Dari, prs

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Finnish

Noun

Persian

1. Genitive singular form of Persia.

Anagrams

• parisen, parsien, rapisen