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Persian

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Per·sian  (pûrzhn, -shn)
adj.
Of or relating to Persia or Iran, or to their peoples, languages, or cultures.
n.
1. A native or inhabitant of Persia or Iran.
2. Any of the western Iranian dialects or languages of ancient or medieval Persia and modern Iran.

Persian
Adjective
of ancient Persia or modern Iran
Noun
1. a person from Persia (now Iran)
2. the language of Iran or of Persia
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.PersianPersian - a native or inhabitant of Iran; "the majority of Irani are Persian Shiite Muslims"
Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran, Persia - a theocratic Islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia; Iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as Persia until 1935; rich in oil
Asian, Asiatic - a native or inhabitant of Asia
Farsi - a person of Iranian descent; "many Farsi emigrated to India near Bombay"
2.Persian - the language of Persia (Iran) in any of its ancient forms
Iranian language, Iranian - the modern Persian language spoken in Iran
Noruz, Nowrooz, Nowruz - (Persian) the new year holiday in Iran and Azerbaijan and Afghanistan and Pakistan and parts of India and among the Kurds; comes at the vernal equinox
Adj.1.Persian - of or relating to Iran or its people or language or culture; "Iranian mountains"; "Iranian security police"
Translations
Persian [ˈpəːʃən] adj, npersa m/f
n (LING) → persa m;
the Persian Gulf → el Golfo Pérsico
Persian [ˈpəːʃən] adjpersan(e)
n (Ling) → persan m;
the Persian Gulf → le golfe Persique
Persian [ˈpəːʃən] Persia adjpersisch
n (Ling) → Persisch nt;
the (persian) Gulf Persia → der (Persische) Golf
Persian [ˈpəːʃən] adjpersiano/a
n (LING) → persiano;
the (Persian) Gulf → il Golfo Persico


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Trotting around the wheel-house to the shady lee-side of it, he came upon his fate; for be it known that Captain Duncan possessed on board in addition to two fox-terriers, a big Persian cat, and that cat possessed a litter of kittens.
Only the even lines rhyme, except in the four-line or stop-short poem, when the first line often rhymes with the second and fourth, curiously recalling the Rubaiyat form of the Persian poets.
But not to speak of the passage through the whole length of the Mediterranean, and another passage up the Persian Gulf and Red Sea, such a supposition would involve the complete circumnavigation of all Africa in three days, not to speak of the Tigris waters, near the site of Nineveh, being too shallow for any whale to swim in.
 
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