persa

See also: persà

Catalan

Etymology

From persà, from Latin Persa.

Adjective

persa m, f (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, f (plural perses)

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

Synonyms

• persà

Proper noun

persa m

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

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

Adjective

persa (plural persaj, accusative singular persan, 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)

Related terms

• perso (“a Persian”)

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Galician

Adjective

persa m, f (plural persas)

1. Persian

Synonyms

• persiano

Noun

persa m, f (plural persas)

1. Persian (person)

Synonyms

• persiano

Proper noun

persa m

1. Persian (language)

Synonyms

• parsi

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Italian

Adjective

persa f

1. feminine form of perso

Anagrams

• aspre, parse, presa, saper, 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 Persae (“Persians”), from Ancient Greek Περσίς (Persís), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (Pārsa, “Persia”). Displaced Old Portuguese perssião.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

persa m, f (plural persas)

1. Persian (member of ethnic group native to the Iranian plateau)
2. Iranian (person from Iran)
3. (uncountable) Persian; Farsi (national language of Iran)

Synonyms

• (ethnic Persian): persiano
• (person from Iran): iraniano
• (language of Iran): farsi, iraniano

Adjective

persa m, f (plural persas; uncomparable)

1. Persian (of Persia)
2. Iranian (of Iran)
3. Persian (of the Persian language)

Synonyms

• (of Persia): pérseo, persiano, pérsico
• (of Iran): iraniano

Related terms

• Perseu
• Pérsia
• persiana

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈper.sa]

Adjective

persa m, f (plural persas)

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

Proper noun

persa m

1. Persian (Persian language)

Noun

persa m, f (plural persas)

1. Persian (person from Persia)