Persia

See also: persia, Persía, Pérsia, and Pèrsia

English

Etymology

From Latin Persia, from Ancient Greek Περσίς (Persís), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /⁠pārsa⁠/).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɜː(ɹ).ʒə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɝʒə/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• (dated) IPA^(key): /ˈpɜː(ɹ)ʃə/

Proper noun

Persia

1. (historical, archaic) The former term referring to Iran in the West.
2. Persia proper (Persis), the land of the ancient Persians, corresponding to modern-day Fars province in southwestern Iran.
3. (historical, archaic) Territories corresponding to either of the two Persian Empires ruled by dynasties from Persis, specially the first of the two.

Synonyms

• Persis

Derived terms

• Persian

Related terms

• peach

Translations

region of ancient Iran

• Afrikaans: Persië
• Albanian: Persië f, Persia f (definite)
• Amharic: ፋርስ (fars)
• Arabic: فَارِس (ar) m or f (fāris)

  Egyptian Arabic: بلاد فارس f pl (belād fāres), فارس f (fāres)

• Armenian: Պարսկաստան (Parskastan)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܦܵܪܸܣ f (paris)
• Azerbaijani: Fars
• Belarusian: Пе́рсія f (Pjérsija)
• Bengali: পারস্য (bn) (parôśśô)
• Bulgarian: Пе́рсия f (Pérsija)
• Burmese: ပါရှား (pahra:)
• Catalan: Pèrsia f
• Chechen: Гӏажарийчоь (Ğažariı̇čö)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 波斯 (bo¹ si¹)

  Hokkien: 波斯 (Pho-su)

  Mandarin: 波斯 (zh) (Bōsī)

• Czech: Persie (cs) f
• Danish: Persien n
• Dutch: Perzië (nl) n
• Egyptian: (prs)
• Esperanto: Persio
• Estonian: Pärsia
• Finnish: Persia (fi)
• French: Perse (fr) f

  Middle French: Perse f

• Georgian: სპარსეთი (sṗarseti)
• German: Persien (de) n
• Greek: Περσία (el) f (Persía)
• Hawaiian: Pelekia
• Hebrew: פָּרָס (he) f (parás)
• Hindi: फ़ारस m (fāras), फारस (hi) m (phāras), पारस (hi) m (pāras), पारसीक (hi) m (pārsīk), फ़ारिस m (fāris), फारिस (hi) m (phāris), पर्शिया m (parśiyā)
• Hungarian: Perzsia (hu)
• Icelandic: Persía f
• Indonesian: Persia
• Irish: an Pheirs f
• Italian: Persia f
• Japanese: ペルシア (ja) (Perushia), ペルシャ (ja) (Perusha), 波斯 (ja) (ハルシャ, Harusha) (obsolete), 波斯 (ja) (ハルシア, Harushia) (obsolete)
• Kazakh: Парсы (Parsy)
• Khmer: ពែរ្ស (pɛɛsɑɑ)
• Korean: 페르시아 (ko) (Pereusia), 파사(波斯) (Pasa) (obsolete)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Fars (ku)

• Kurmanji: Faris (ku)
• Kyrgyz: Персия (Persiya)
• Lao: ເປີເຊຍ (pœ̄ sīa)
• Latin: Persia (la) f
• Latvian: Persija f
• Lithuanian: Persija f
• Macedonian: Персија f (Persija)
• Malay: Parsi
• Manchu: ᠪᠣᠰ (bos)
• Maori: Pāhia
• Marathi: पर्शिया m (parśiyā)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Перс (Pers)

  Mongolian: ᠫᠧᠷᠰ (pērs)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Persia n

• Odia: ଶାକ ଦ୍ୱୀପ (or) (śakô dwipô), ପରଶ୍ୟ (or) (pôrôśyô)
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: Перъсида f (Perŭsida)

• Old East Slavic: Персида f (Persida), Перъсида f (Perŭsida)
• Old English: Persa
• Old Norse: Persía f, Persíaland n, Persaland n, Persiða f, Persiðaland n
• Ossetian: Перс (Pers)
• Ottoman Turkish: فارس (fars)
• Pashto: پارسه f (pārsa)
• Persian:

  Classical Persian: پَارْس (fa) (pārs), فَارْس (fa) (fārs), پَارْسَه (fa) (pārsa)

  Iranian Persian: پارْس (fa) (pârs), فارْس (fa) (fârs), پارْسِه (fa) f (pârse)

  Middle Persian: 𐭯𐭠𐭫𐭮𐭩 (pʾlsy /⁠pārs⁠/)

  Old Persian: 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /⁠pārsa⁠/)

• Polish: Persja (pl) f
• Portuguese: Pérsia (pt) f
• Romanian: Persia (ro) f
• Russian: Пе́рсия (ru) f (Pérsija)
• Sanskrit: पारसीक (sa) n (pārasīka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Пѐрзија f

  Roman: Pèrzija (sh) f

• Slovak: Perzia f
• Slovene: Perzija (sl) f
• Spanish: Persia (es) f
• Swedish: Persien (sv) n
• Tajik: Порс (Pors), Форс (Fors)
• Tamil: பெர்சியா (perciyā)
• Tatar: Фарсы (Farsı)
• Thai: เปอร์เซีย (th) (bpəə-siia)
• Turkish: Fars (tr), Pers (tr)
• Turkmen: Persiýa
• Ukrainian: Пе́рсія f (Pérsija)
• Urdu: فارَس m (fāras), فارِس m (fāris), پَرْشِیا m (parśiyā), پارْس m (pārs)
• Uyghur: پارس (pars), پېرسىيە (përsiye)
• Uzbek: Fors, Pors, Persiya
• Vietnamese: Ba Tư (波斯)
• Yiddish: פּערסיע f (persye)
• Zhuang: Bohswh

Iran — see Iran

See also

• Wikipedia article on Persis
• Wikipedia article on Iran

Anagrams

• Arispe, Parise, Pearis, aspire, paires, paries, praise, spirea

Finnish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Persia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpersiɑ/, [ˈpe̞rs̠iɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ersiɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Per‧si‧a

Proper noun

Persia

1. (historical) Persia

Declension

Inflection of Persia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		Persia	—
genitive		Persian	—
partitive		Persiaa	—
illative		Persiaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Persia	—
accusative	nom.	Persia	—
	gen.	Persian
genitive		Persian	—
partitive		Persiaa	—
inessive		Persiassa	—
elative		Persiasta	—
illative		Persiaan	—
adessive		Persialla	—
ablative		Persialta	—
allative		Persialle	—
essive		Persiana	—
translative		Persiaksi	—
abessive		Persiatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Persia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Persiani — accusative nom. Persiani — gen. Persiani genitive Persiani — partitive Persiaani — inessive Persiassani — elative Persiastani — illative Persiaani — adessive Persiallani — ablative Persialtani — allative Persialleni — essive Persianani — translative Persiakseni — abessive Persiattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Persiasi — accusative nom. Persiasi — gen. Persiasi genitive Persiasi — partitive Persiaasi — inessive Persiassasi — elative Persiastasi — illative Persiaasi — adessive Persiallasi — ablative Persialtasi — allative Persiallesi — essive Persianasi — translative Persiaksesi — abessive Persiattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Persiamme — accusative nom. Persiamme — gen. Persiamme genitive Persiamme — partitive Persiaamme — inessive Persiassamme — elative Persiastamme — illative Persiaamme — adessive Persiallamme — ablative Persialtamme — allative Persiallemme — essive Persianamme — translative Persiaksemme — abessive Persiattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Persianne — accusative nom. Persianne — gen. Persianne genitive Persianne — partitive Persiaanne — inessive Persiassanne — elative Persiastanne — illative Persiaanne — adessive Persiallanne — ablative Persialtanne — allative Persiallenne — essive Persiananne — translative Persiaksenne — abessive Persiattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Persiansa — accusative nom. Persiansa — gen. Persiansa genitive Persiansa — partitive Persiaansa — inessive Persiassaan Persiassansa — elative Persiastaan Persiastansa — illative Persiaansa — adessive Persiallaan Persiallansa — ablative Persialtaan Persialtansa — allative Persialleen Persiallensa — essive Persianaan Persianansa — translative Persiakseen Persiaksensa — abessive Persiattaan Persiattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• persialainen

 

compounds

• persianapila
• persiankissa
• Persianlahti

 

Related terms

• persia
• Iran

Anagrams

• reipas, separi

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛr.sja/
• Rhymes: -ɛrsja
• Hyphenation: Pèr‧sia

Proper noun

Persia f

1. Persia

Related terms

• persiano
• persico

Anagrams

• apersi, arpesi, espira, paresi, presai, ripesa, saperi, saprei, separi, serpai, sperai, spiare, spierà

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Περσίς (Persís).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈper.si.a/, [ˈpɛrs̠iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈper.si.a/, [ˈpɛrsiä]

Proper noun

Persia f sg (genitive Persiae); first declension

1. Persia
   • c. 197 BCE, Plautus, Persa 4.3.28:

     Immō ad tē attinent et tuā refert. Nam ex Persiā sunt haec allātae mihi ā meō erō.

     Why yes, it bears reference to yourself, and it does relate to you. But it has just now been brought me from Persia, from my master.

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Persia
Genitive	Persiae
Dative	Persiae
Accusative	Persiam
Ablative	Persiā
Vocative	Persia
Locative	Persiae

Synonyms

• Persis

Related terms

• Persa

References

• “Persia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Persia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Persia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Proper noun

Persia f

1. Obsolete spelling of Pérsia

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɾsja/ [ˈpeɾ.sja]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -eɾsja
• Syllabification: Per‧sia

Proper noun

Persia f

1. Persia