Персия
See also: Персія
Russian
editEtymology
editFrom перс (pers, “Persian”) under influence of Latin Persia. Displaced Old East Slavic Персида (Persida, “Persia”) (> перси́дский (persídskij)).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editПе́рсия • (Pérsija) f inan (genitive Пе́рсии, nominative plural Пе́рсии, genitive plural Пе́рсий)
- Persia (former name of Iran, a country in Western Asia)
Declension
editDeclension of Пе́рсия (inan fem-form i-stem accent-a)
Related terms
edit- персия́нин (persijánin), персия́нка (persijánka)
- перси́дский (persídskij)
- перс (pers)
See also
edit- Ира́н (Irán)
References
edit- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “перс”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress