Persian (redirected from Persian people (disambiguation))

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.

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Persian [ˈpɜːʃən]

adj

(Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) of or relating to ancient Persia or modern Iran, their inhabitants, or their languages

n

1. (Social Science / Peoples) a native, citizen, or inhabitant of modern Iran; an Iranian

2. (Social Science / Peoples) a member of an Indo-European people of West Iranian speech who established a great empire in SW Asia in the 6th century bc

3. (Linguistics / Languages) (loosely) 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, Pahlavi² Farsi

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Persian - a native or inhabitant of Iran; "the majority of Irani are Persian Shiite Muslims" Irani, Iranian 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 Farsi 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" Iranian

Translations

Persian [ˈpɜːʃən]

A. ADJ → persa

B. N

1. (= person) → persa mf

2. (Ling) → persa m

C. CPD Persian carpet N → alfombra f persa
Persian cat N → gato m persa
Persian Gulf N → Golfo m Pérsico
Persian lamb N (= animal) → oveja f caracul; (= skin) → caracul m

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Persian [ˈpɜː^rʃ^ən]

adj → persan(e)

n

→ persan m

a Persian (= cat) → un chat persan
Persian carpet n → tapis m persan
Persian cat n → chat m persan
Persian Gulf n
the Persian Gulf → le golfe Persique

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Persian

adj → persisch; the Persian Gulf → der Persische Golf; Persian lamb (= animal) → Karakulschaf nt; (= skin, coat) → Persianer m

n

→ Perser(in) m(f)

(Ling) → Persisch nt

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Persian [ˈpɜːʃ/ən]

1. adj → persiano/a

2. n

a. (person) → persiano/a

b. (language) → persiano

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Persian → فارسي perský persisk persisch περσικός persa persialainen perse perzijski persiano ペルシャの 페르시아의 Perzisch persisk perski persa персидский persisk เกี่ยวกับเปอร์เซีย İranlı thuộc Ba tư 波斯的