Definitions for persians

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persians Per·sian

Spelling: [pur-zhuh n, -shuh n]

IPA: /ˈpɜr ʒən, -ʃən/

Persians is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 439 anagrams from letters in persians (aeinprss).

Definitions for persians

noun

1. a member of the native peoples of Iran, descended in part from the ancient Iranians.
2. a citizen of ancient Persia.
3. an Iranian language, the principal language of Iran and western Afghanistan, in its historical and modern forms. Compare Old Persian, Pahlavi, Farsi.
4. Architecture. a figure of a man used as a column.
5. Persians, Persian blinds.
6. a member of the native peoples of Iran, descended in part from the ancient Iranians.
7. a citizen of ancient Persia.
8. an Iranian language, the principal language of Iran and western Afghanistan, in its historical and modern forms. Compare Old Persian, Pahlavi, Farsi.
9. Architecture. a figure of a man used as a column.
10. Persians, Persian blinds.
11. a tragedy (472 b.c.) by Aeschylus.

adjective

1. of or relating to ancient and recent Persia (now Iran), its people, or their language.
2. of or relating to ancient and recent Persia (now Iran), its people, or their language.

Origin of persians

1325-75; Persi(a) + -an; replacing Middle English Persien Middle French; replacing Old English Persisc (see -ish

Examples for persians

The Persian frontier was the only firmly delineated border, asserted by mountains.

"Thank you, no," returned the Persian, with a faint smile of his own.

The U.S.S. George H.W. Bush, a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, has been dispatched to the Persian Gulf.

In the south, the Gulf States view their Persian nuclear neighbor as a permanent archenemy.

His program was as simple as the curriculum of a Persian youth.

These are combined with aspects of the Zoroastrian religion, the ancient Persian faith still practiced in the region.

And the win was the puniest of the conflagrations, the Persian Gulf War.

The venerable Persian gazed at her for an instant, and then clasped her to his bosom.

Clearly his fears had been realised, and he had had an attack of the Persian ague.

Next to him comes a light slate or blue Persian, with yellow eyes.

For some time the Athenians watched the persians, not knowing what it was best to do.

The persians called it Bagistana which means the "dwellingplace of the Gods."

Lawler notes that in the Zoroastrian religion of the persians, the rooster was of the utmost importance.

But these persians will have to compete against another, very different image, of Iran in pop culture this year.

The laws of hospitality are as the laws of the Medes and persians.

Deprived of their command of the sea, defeated at the decisive land battle of Plataea, the persians were forced to retreat.

The persians landed from their ships and filled the plain near the shore.

The ancient persians did not write much down, and what they wrote was nothing like history.

After the Greeks came the persians, who conquered all of northern Africa.

But underground classes have persians getting with the beat.