persa
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Etymology edit
From persà, from Latin Persa, Persēs, from Ancient Greek Περσίς (Persís), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /Pārsa/, “Persia”).
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Adjective edit
persa m or f (masculine and feminine plural perses)
- Persian (pertaining to Persia or the Persian people)
- Synonym: persà
- Persian (pertaining to the Persian language)
Noun edit
persa m or f by sense (plural perses)
- Persian (an inhabitant of Persia or a member of the Persian people)
Noun edit
persa m (uncountable)
- Persian (an Indo-Aryan language used primarily in Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan)
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The three standard dialects:
Other local dialects:
Derived terms edit
- persa antic (“Old Persian”)
- persa clàssic (“Classical Persian”)
- persa mitjà (“Middle Persian”)
- persa modern (“Modern Persian”)
- persa occidental (“Western Persian”)
- persa oriental (“Eastern Persian”)
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Adjective edit
persa (accusative singular persan, plural persaj, accusative plural persajn)
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Persa, Persēs, from Ancient Greek Περσίς (Persís), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /Pārsa/, “Persia”).
Adjective edit
persa m or f (plural persas)
Noun edit
persa m or f by sense (plural persas)
- Persian (person)
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persa m (uncountable)
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Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Latin Persa, Persēs, from Ancient Greek Πέρσης (Pérsēs), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /Pārsa/, “Persia”).
Noun edit
persa m or f by sense (masculine plural persi, feminine plural perse)
- (archaic, literary) Persian (someone from Persia)
- Synonym: persiano
- 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XIX, pages 352–353, lines 112–117:
- 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 edit
persa (masculine plural persi, feminine plural perse)
Etymology 2 edit
From Latin persea (“sebesten tree”), from Ancient Greek περσέα (perséa).
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
persa f (plural perse) (regional)
- Synonym of maggiorana (“marjoram”)
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Participle edit
persa f sg
Adjective edit
persa f sg
Further reading edit
- persa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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Middle Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish persan, from Latin persōna.
Noun edit
persa f
- person, individual
- (grammar) person
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Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Persa, Persēs, from Ancient Greek Περσίς (Persís), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /Pārsa/, “Persia”). Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese perssião.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: per‧sa
Noun edit
persa m or f by sense (plural persas)
- Persian (member of ethnic group native to the Iranian plateau)
- Synonym: persiano
- Iranian (person from Iran)
- Synonym: iraniano
Noun edit
persa m (plural persas)
- (uncountable) Persian; Farsi (national language of Iran)
Adjective edit
persa m or f (plural persas, not comparable)
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin Persa, Persēs, from Ancient Greek Πέρσης (Pérsēs), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /Pārsa/).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
persa m or f (masculine and feminine plural persas)
- Persian (of, from, or pertaining to Persia)
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Noun edit
persa m or f by sense (plural persas)
Noun edit
persa m (uncountable)
- 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.
Derived terms edit
- persa antiguo (“Old Persian”)
- persa medio
- persa nuevo
Further reading edit
- “persa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014