Definitions for Persian

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Persian Per·sian

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

IPA: /ˈpɜr ʒən, -ʃən/

Persian is a 7 letter English word.

You can make 336 anagrams from letters in Persian (aeinprs).

Definitions for Persian

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.

adjective

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

Origin of Persian

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

Examples for Persian

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.