persa

See also: Persa and persà

Catalan

Etymology

From persà, from Latin Persa, Persēs, from Ancient Greek Περσίς (Persís), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /Pārsa/, “Persia”).

Adjective

persa (masculine and feminine plural perses)

1. Persian (pertaining to Persia or the Persian people)
2. Persian (pertaining to the Persian language)

Synonyms

• (pertaining to Persia or the Persian people): persà

Noun

persa m or f (plural perses)

1. Persian (an inhabitant of Persia or a member of the Persian people)

persa m (uncountable)

1. Persian (an Indo-Aryan language used primarily in Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan)

Synonyms

• persà

Hyponyms

The three standard dialects:

• persa occidental, farsi
• persa oriental, dari
• tadjik

Other local dialects:

• aimaq
• darwazi
• dehwari

• hazaragi
• pahlavani

Derived terms

• persa antic (“Old Persian”)
• persa mitjà (“Middle Persian”)
• persa modern (“Modern Persian”)
• persa occidental (“Western Persian”)
• persa oriental (“Eastern Persian”)

See also

• bukharic
• dzhidi

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Esperanto

Etymology

perso +‎ -a

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [ˈpersa]
• Rhymes: -ersa
• Hyphenation: per‧sa

Adjective

persa (accusative singular persan, plural persaj, accusative plural persajn)

1. Persian (of or pertaining to the Persian people or their language)
2. (of cats) Persian (of the Persian breed of cats)

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin Persa, Persēs, from Ancient Greek Περσίς (Persís), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /Pārsa/, “Persia”).

Adjective

persa m or f (plural persas)

1. Persian

Synonyms

• persiano

Noun

persa m or f (plural persas)

1. Persian (person)

persa m (uncountable)

1. Persian (language)

Synonyms

• persiano

Synonyms

• parsi

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛr.sa/
• Rhymes: -ɛrsa
• Hyphenation: pèr‧sa

Etymology 1

From Latin Persa, Persēs, from Ancient Greek Πέρσης (Pérsēs), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /Pārsa/, “Persia”).

Noun

persa m or f (masculine plural persi, feminine plural perse)

1. (archaic, literary) Persian (someone from Persia)

   Synonym: persiano

   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XIX, lines 112–117, page 352–353:

     Che poran dir li Perse a’ vostri regi, ¶ come vedranno quel volume aperto ¶ nel qual si scrivon tutti suoi dispregi? ¶ Lì si vedrà, tra l’opere d’Alberto, ¶ quella che tosto moverà la penna, ¶ per che ’l regno di Praga fia diserto.

     What to your kings may not the Persians say, when they that volume opened shall behold in which are written down all their dispraises? There shall be seen, among the deeds of Albert, that which ere long shall set the pen in motion, for which the realm of Prague shall be deserted.

   • 1807, Ugo Foscolo, Dei Sepolcri‎^[1], Molini, Landi e comp., published 1809, page 16:

     un Nume […] nutría contro a’ Persi in Maratona […] la virtù Greca e l'ira.

     In Marathon, against the Persians, a deity was feeding the Greeks' virtue and rage.

Adjective

persa (masculine plural persi, feminine plural perse)

1. (archaic, literary) Persian

Etymology 2

From Latin persea (“sebesten tree”), from Ancient Greek περσέα (perséa).

Alternative forms

• persia

Noun

persa f (plural perse) (regional)

1. Synonym of maggiorana (“marjoram”)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

persa f sg

1. feminine singular of perso

Adjective

persa

1. feminine singular of perso

References

• persa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Serpa, Sprea, aspre, parse, presa, raspe, saper, serpa, spare, spera

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Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish persan, from Latin persōna.

Noun

persa f

1. person, individual
2. (grammar) person

Synonyms

• duine

Derived terms

• persanda

Descendants

• Irish: pearsa
• Scottish Gaelic: pearsa

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin Persa, Persēs, from Ancient Greek Περσίς (Persís), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /Pārsa/, “Persia”). Displaced Old Portuguese perssião.

Pronunciation

• (Paulista) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛɹ.sɐ/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛɻ.sa/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛɾ.sɐ/
• Hyphenation: per‧sa

Noun

persa m, f (plural persas)

1. Persian (member of ethnic group native to the Iranian plateau)

   Synonym: persiano

2. Iranian (person from Iran)

   Synonym: iraniano

3. (uncountable) Persian; Farsi (national language of Iran)

   Synonyms: farsi, iraniano

Adjective

persa m or f (plural persas, not comparable)

1. Persian (of Persia)

   Synonyms: pérseo, persiano, pérsico

2. Iranian (of Iran)

   Synonym: iraniano

3. Persian (of the Persian language)

Related terms

• Perseu
• Pérsia
• persiana

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin Persa, Persēs, from Ancient Greek Πέρσης (Pérsēs), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /Pārsa/).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɾsa/, [ˈpeɾ.sa]

Adjective

persa (plural persas)

1. Persian (of, from, or pertaining to Persia)

Derived terms

• gato persa

Noun

persa m (uncountable)

1. Persian (Persian language)

   Su padre es de Teherán, pero no empezó a aprender persa hasta este año.

   His/her father is from Tehran, but he/she didn't start to learn Persian until this year.

Noun

persa m or f (plural persas)

1. Persian (person from Persia)

Derived terms

• persa antiguo (“Old Persian”)
• persa medio
• persa nuevo

Further reading

• “persa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014