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Etymology 1Edit

From Middle English percynne, from Middle French persien, from Italian persiano, from Medieval Latin Persiānus, from Latin Persia, from Ancient Greek Περσίς (Persís), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /Pārsa/, “Persia”) (compare modern Persian ‎ (pârs)).

PronunciationEdit

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɜː.ʒən/
- Audio (UK) (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɝʒən/
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ʒən
(dated) IPA^(key): /ˈpɜː(ɹ)ʃən/

NounEdit

Persian (countable and uncountable, plural Persians)

(uncountable) The Persian language, or a family of languages spoken primarily in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
Synonym: Farsi
(countable) A person from Persia.
(countable) A person of Persian descent.
(historical) An Iranian.
A Persian cat.
(Canada, chiefly northwest Ontario) A pastry local to the Thunder Bay region in Canada often compared to either a cinnamon bun or a donut topped with pink icing.
A sheep of the Blackhead Persian breed.
A thin silk fabric, formerly used for linings.
- 1696, J. F. Merchant?, The merchant's ware-house laid open:
  There is of those Persians several lengths.
(architecture) Any of a set of male figures used instead of columns to support an entablature.

Usage notesEdit

The term "Farsi" (likely derived from the Iranian variety name for "Persian") has recently developed currency in English to refer to the Persian language, especially the variety spoken in Iran. Varieties of the Persian language, or languages included in the Persian family of languages spoken primarily in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, are called "Dari" in Afghanistan and "Tajik" or "Tajiki" in Tajikistan.

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

perse

TranslationsEdit

Persian language

Afrikaans: Persies (af)
Albanian: gjuhë perse f
Arabic: الفَارِسِيَّة‎ f (al-fārisiyya), اللُّغَة الفَارِسِيَّة‎ f (al-luḡa l-fārisiyya), فَارِسِيّ‎ m (fārisiyy) (colloquial)
Aramaic:
Syriac: ܦܪܣܐܝܬ‎, ܦܪܣܬ‎, ܦܖܣܐܝܬ‎ (archaic), ܦܖܣܬ‎ (archaic)
Armenian: պարսկերեն (hy) (parskeren)
Azerbaijani: fars dili
Basque: persiera (eu)
Belarusian: персі́дская мо́ва f (pjersídskaja móva), персі́дская f (pjersídskaja), фарсі́ m (farsí), пэрсы́дзкая мо́ва f (persýdzkaja móva)
Breton: perseg m
Bulgarian: перси́йски m (persíjski), фарси́ (bg) m (farsí)
Burmese: ပါရှား ဘာသာစကား (pahra:bhasaca.ka:)
Catalan: persa (ca) m, farsi (ca) m
Chechen: гӏажарийн (ğažariin)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 波斯語／波斯语 (zh) (bōsīyǔ), 法爾西語／法尔西语 (fà'ěrxīyǔ), 帕爾西語／帕尔西语 (pà'ěrxīyǔ) (historical)
Czech: perština (cs) f
Danish: persisk (da)
Dutch: Perzisch (nl) n
Esperanto: persa (eo), persa lingvo
Estonian: pärsia keel
Faroese: persiskt n
Finnish: persia (fi), persian kieli, farsi (fi), farsin kieli
French: persan (fr) m
Galician: persa (gl) m
Georgian: სპარსული (ka) (sṗarsuli), სპარსული ენა (sṗarsuli ena)
German: Persisch (de) n
Greek: περσικά (el) n pl (persiká), φαρσί (el) (farsí)
Ancient: περσιστί (persistí)
Greenlandic: persiskisut
Gujarati: ફારસી (gu) (phārsī)
Hebrew: פַּרְסִית‎ (he) f (parsít)
Hindi: फ़ारसी (hi) f (fārsī), पारसी (hi) f (pārsī)
Hungarian: perzsa (hu), újperzsa, fárszi (hu)
Icelandic: persneska (is) f
Irish: Peirsis f, Fairsis f
Italian: persiano (it) m
Japanese: ペルシア語 (ja) (ペルシアご, Perushiago)
Kazakh: парсы тілі (parsy tılı), парсы (parsy)
Khmer: ភាសា ពែរ្ស (phiəsaa pɛɛsɑɑ)
Korean: 페르시아어 (ko) (pereusia'eo)
Kumyk: фарс тил (fars til)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: فارسی‎ (ku) (farsî)

Northern Kurdish: farisî (ku), zimanê farisî
Kyrgyz: фарс тили (fars tili), фарси (farsi)
Lao: ພາສາ ເປີເຊຍ (phā sā pœ̄ sīa)
Latvian: persiešu valoda f
Lithuanian: persų kalba f
Macedonian: пе́рсиски m (pérsiski), фа́рси m (fársi)
Malay: bahasa Parsi
Maltese: Il-Persjan m
Marathi: फारसी f (phārsī), पर्शियन f (parśiyan)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: перс хэл (pers xel)
Navajo: Béézhąą bizaad
Nepali: पर्सियन (parsiyan)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: persisk (no) m, farsi (no) m

Nynorsk: persisk m, farsi m
Oriya: ପାରସୀ (or) (parôsi), ପାରଶୀ (or) (parôśi)
Ossetian: персайнаг ӕвзаг (persajnag ævzag)
Pashto: پاړسي ژبه‎ f (pāṛsi žëba), پاړسي‎ (pāṛsi), فارسي‎ (ps) (fārsi), پارسي‎ (ps) (parsi)
Persian: فارسی‎ (fa) (fârsi), پارسی‎ (fa) (pârsi), زبان فارسی‎ (zabân-e fârsi), زبان پارسی‎ (zabân-e pârsi)
Polish: perski (pl) m
Portuguese: persa (pt) m
Punjabi: ਫਾਰਸੀ f (phārsī)
Romanian: persană (ro) f
Russian: фарси́ (ru) m (farsí), перси́дский (язы́к) m (persídskij (jazýk))
Sanskrit: पारसी (sa) (pārasī), पारसीक (sa) (pārasīka), पारशीक (sa) (pāraśīka)
Scots: Persie
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пѐрзӣјскӣ m, пѐрсӣјскӣ m, фа̑рси m

Roman: pèrzījskī (sh) m, pèrsījskī m, fȃrsi (sh) m
Sindhi: فارسِي‎
Slovak: perzština f
Slovene: perzijščina (sl) f
Spanish: persa (es) m
Swahili: Kiajemi (sw)
Swedish: persiska (sv) c, farsi (sv) c
Tagalog: Persa
Tajik: забони форсӣ (zaboni forsī), форсӣ (tg) (forsī)
Tatar: фарсы теле (farsı tele), фарсы (tt) (farsı)
Thai: ภาษา เปอร์เซีย (paa-sǎa bpəə-siia)
Turkish: Farsça (tr), Acemce (tr)
Turkmen: pars dili
Ukrainian: перси́дська мо́ва f (persýdsʹka móva), фарсі́ (uk) m (farsí), пе́рська мо́ва f (pérsʹka móva)
Urdu: فارسی‎ (ur) f (fārsī), پارسی‎ f (pārsī)
Uyghur: پارس تىلى‎ (pars tili)
Uzbek: fors tili, forsiy (uz)
Vietnamese: tiếng Ba Tư (vi)

person from Persia

Arabic: فَارِسِيّ‎ m (fārisiyy), فَارِسِيَّة‎ f (fārisiyya)
Aramaic:
Syriac: ܦܪܣܝܐ‎, ܥܓܡܝܐ‎, ܦܖܣܝܐ‎ (archaic)
Armenian: պարսիկ (hy) (parsik)
Old Armenian: պարսք pl (parskʿ), պարսիկ (parsik)
Azerbaijani: fars (az)
Basque: persiar
Belarusian: перс m (pjers), персія́нка f (pjersijánka)
Bulgarian: перси́ец m (persíec), перси́йка f (persíjka)
Catalan: persa (ca) m or f, persà m, persana f
Chechen: гӏажари (ğažari)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 波斯人 (zh) (Bōsīrén)
Czech: Peršan (cs) m, Peršanka (cs) f
Danish: perser c
Dutch: Pers (nl) m, Perzische (nl) f
Esperanto: persiano, persianino (female)
Estonian: pärslane
Faroese: persi m
Finnish: persialainen (fi)
French: Perse (fr) m or f, Persan (fr) m, Persane (fr) f
Georgian: სპარსელი (sṗarseli), სპარსი (sṗarsi)
German: Perser (de) m, Perserin (de) f
Greek: Πέρσης (el) m (Pérsis), Περσίδα (el) f (Persída)
Ancient: Πέρσης m (Pérsēs), Περσίς f (Persís)
Hebrew: פָּרְסִי‎ (he) m (parsi)
Hindi: पारसी (hi) m (pārsī)
Hungarian: perzsa (hu)
Ido: Persiana (io)
Italian: persiano (it) m, persiana (it) f
Japanese: ペルシア人 (ペルシアじん, perushiajin)
Kazakh: парсы (parsy)
Korean: 페르시아인 (pereusiain), 페르시아 사람 (pereusia saram)
Kumyk: фарс (fars)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: فارس‎ (ku) (fars)

Northern Kurdish: please add this translation if you can
Kyrgyz: перс (pers), фарсы (farsı)
Latin: Persa (la) m, Persēs m, , Persis (la) f
Latvian: persietis m, persiete f
Lithuanian: persas m, persė f
Macedonian: Персијанец m (Persijanec), Персијанка f (Persijanka)
Malay: Parsi
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: перс хүн (pers xün)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: perser (no) m

Nynorsk: persar m
Occitan: persan (oc)
Oriya: ପାରସୀ (or) (parôsi), ପାରଶୀ (or) (parôśi)
Ossetian: please add this translation if you can
Pashto: پارسیوان‎ m (pârsiwân), فارس‎ (ps) (fārs), پارس‎ (ps) (pārs), پاړس‎ (pāṛs)
Persian: فارس‎ (fa) (fârs), پارس‎ (fa) (pârs)
Polish: Pers (pl) m, Persjanka f, Persyjka f
Portuguese: persa (pt) m or f
Romanian: persan (ro) m, persană (ro) f
Russian: перс (ru) m (pers), персия́нка (ru) f (persijánka)
Sanskrit: पारसी (sa) (pārasī), पारसीक (sa) (pārasīka), पारशीक (sa) (pāraśīka)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Персијанац m, Персијанка f, Перзијанац, Перзијанка f

Roman: Persijanac m, Persijanka f, Perzijanec, Perzijanka f
Slovak: Peržan m, Peržanka f
Slovene: Perzijec m, Perzijka f
Spanish: persa (es) m or f
Swahili: Mwajemi
Swedish: perser (sv) c, persiska (sv) c (female)
Tajik: форс (fors), порс (pors)
Tatar: фарсы (tt) (farsı)
Turkish: Fars (tr), Acem (tr)
Ukrainian: перс m (pers), персія́нка f (persijánka)
Uyghur: پارس‎ (pars)
Uzbek: fors (uz)

Persian cat

Catalan: gat persa m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 波斯貓／波斯猫 (Bōsīmāo)
Danish: perser c, angorakat c
Dutch: pers (nl) m
Esperanto: persa kato
Finnish: persialainen (fi)
German: Perserkatze (de) f, Perser (de) f (short form)
Hungarian: perzsa macska (hu)
Italian: gatto persiano, persiano (it)
Navajo: mósíʼilí
Norwegian:
Bokmål: perser (no) m
Persian: گربهٔ ایرانی‎ (gorbe-ye irâni), گربهٔ پشمالو‎ (gorbe-ye pašmâlu)
Polish: pers (pl) m
Portuguese: persa (pt) m or f
Russian: перси́дский кот m (persídskij kot), перс (ru) m (pers)
Spanish: gato persa
Turkish: İran kedisi

pastry local to the Thunder Bay region in Canada

sheep of the Blackhead Persian breed

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Esperanto: (2) ^{(please verify)} perso
Gujarati: ^{(please verify)} ફારસી (gu) (phārsī) (1)
Indonesian: (2) ^{(please verify)} farsi
Spanish: (2) ^{(please verify)} persa (es) m or f
Swahili: (2) ^{(please verify)} Kiajemi (sw)
Turkish: (2) ^{(please verify)} farsça
Urdu: ^{(please verify)} فارسی‎ (ur) (fârsi)

AdjectiveEdit

Persian (comparative more Persian, superlative most Persian)

Of, from, or pertaining to Persia.
Of or pertaining to the Persian people.
Of or pertaining to the Persian language.
Synonym: Farsi

Derived termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

of, from, or pertaining to Persia

Afrikaans: Persies (af)
Albanian: persian (sq), pers (sq)
Arabic: فَارِسِيّ‎ (fārisiyy)
Armenian: պարսկական (hy) (parskakan)
Azerbaijani: fars (az)
Bashkir: фарсы (farsı)
Belarusian: персі́дскі (pjersídski), пэрсы́дзкі (persýdzki)
Bengali: পারসীক (parosīk), ফার্সি (bn) (pharsi)
Bulgarian: перси́йски (persíjski)
Burmese: ပါရှား (pahra:)
Catalan: persa (ca) m or f, persà m, persana f
Chechen: гӏажарийн (ğažariin)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 波斯的 (zh) (Bōsī de)
Chuvash: перс (pers)
Czech: perský (cs)
Danish: persisk (da)
Dutch: Perzisch (nl)
Estonian: pärsia
Faroese: persiskur
Finnish: persialainen (fi)
French: persan (fr)
Georgian: სპარსული (ka) (sṗarsuli)
German: persisch (de)
Greek: περσικός (el) m (persikós)
Ancient: Περσικός (Persikós)
Hawaiian: Pelekia
Hebrew: פַּרְסִי‎ (he) (parsi)
Hindi: फ़ारसी (hi) (fārsī)
Hungarian: perzsa (hu)
Italian: persiano (it), persico (it) (today almost only in geographical terms as Golfo Persico)
Japanese: ペルシアの (ja) (Perushia no)
Kazakh: парсы (parsy)
Khmer: ពែរ្ស (pɛɛsɑɑ)
Korean: 페르시아의 (ko) (pereusia-ui)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: farisî (ku)
Kyrgyz: фарс (fars)
Lao: ເປີເຊຍ (pœ̄ sīa)
Latin: persicus (la)
Latvian: persiešu
Lithuanian: persų (lt), persiškas
Macedonian: персиски (persiski)
Malay: Parsi
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: перс (pers)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: persisk (no)
Occitan: persan (oc)
Oriya: ପାରସୀ (or) (parôsi), ପାରଶୀ (or) (parôśi)
Ossetian: please add this translation if you can
Pashto: پاړسي‎ (pāṛsí), فارسي‎ (ps) (fārsi), پارسي‎ (ps) (pārsi)
Persian: فارسی‎ (fa) (fârsi), پارسی‎ (fa) (pârsi)
Polish: perski (pl)
Portuguese: persa (pt), pérsico (pt), pérseo m
Romanian: persan (ro)
Russian: перси́дский (ru) (persídskij)
Rusyn: пе́рьскый (pérʹskŷj)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пѐрзӣјскӣ, пѐрсӣјскӣ

Roman: pèrzījskī (sh), pèrsījskī
Slovak: perzský
Slovene: perzijski (sl)
Tajik: форсӣ (tg) (forsī), порсӣ (tg) (porsī)
Tatar: фарсы (tt) (farsı)
Thai: เปอร์เซีย (bpəə-siia)
Turkish: Fars (tr), Pers (tr)
Turkmen: farsi, fars
Ukrainian: пе́рський (pérsʹkyj), перси́дський (persýdsʹkyj)
Urdu: فارسی‎ (ur) (fārsī)
Uyghur: پارس‎ (pars)
Uzbek: forsiy (uz), fors (uz)
Vietnamese: Ba Tư

of or pertaining to the Persian people

Afrikaans: Persies (af)
Armenian: պարսկական (hy) (parskakan)
Catalan: persa (ca) m or f, persà m, persana f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 波斯人的 (zh) (Bōsīrén de)
Danish: persisk (da)
Dutch: Perzisch (nl)
Finnish: persialainen (fi)
German: persisch (de)
Greek: περσικός (el) m (persikós)
Hawaiian: Pelekia
Hungarian: perzsa (hu)
Italian: persiano (it)
Japanese: ペルシア人の (Perushiajin no)
Latin: persicus (la) m
Polish: perski (pl)
Portuguese: persa (pt), pérsico (pt)
Russian: перси́дский (ru) (persídskij)

of or pertaining to the Persian language

Afrikaans: Persies (af)
Armenian: պարսկերենի (parskereni)
Catalan: persa (ca) m or f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 波斯語的／波斯语的 (zh) (Bōsīyǔ de)
Danish: persisk (da)
Dutch: Perzisch (nl)
Finnish: persialainen (fi), persiankielinen
Georgian: სპარსული (ka) (sṗarsuli)
German: persisch (de)
Greek: περσικός (el) m (persikós)
Hawaiian: Pelekia
Hungarian: perzsa (hu), újperzsa, fárszi (hu)
Italian: persiano (it)
Japanese: ペルシア語の (ja) (ペルシアごの, Perushiago no)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: فارسی‎ (ku) (farsî)

Northern Kurdish: farisî (ku)
Persian: فارسی‎ (fa) (fârsi), پارسی‎ (fa) (pârsi)
Polish: perski (pl) m
Portuguese: persa (pt), pérsico (pt)
Russian: перси́дский (ru) (persídskij)
Urdu: فارسی‎ (ur) f (fārsī), پارسی‎ f (pārsī)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Azerbaijani: ^{(please verify)} fars (az)
Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} persa (eo)
French: ^{(please verify)} persan (fr)
Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} persisk (no)
Slovak: ^{(please verify)} perzský
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} persa (es)
Swedish: ^{(please verify)} persisk (sv), ^{(please verify)} persiska (sv)
Tatar: ^{(please verify)} фарси (farsi)
Turkish: ^{(please verify)} Farslı