English

Etymology

From Middle English percynne < Middle French persien < Latin *Persianus < Latin Persia < Greek Περσίς < Old Persian Pārsa .

Noun

1. The official language of Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan, Persian belongs to the Southwestern branch of the Iranian subfamily of the Indo-Iranian family of languages. Indo-Iranian itself is a subfamily of the Indo-European language family. Related languages are Kurdish, Pashto, and Avestan . Primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Persian in its modern form was already standardised by the 10th century AD. It is one of the earliest standard languages and has one of the most extensive and exalted literatures among the world's languages.
2. A cinnamon bun coated with pink icing on top (local colloquialism, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada)

Translations

Persian language (noun)

Adjective

Describes a person, place or object referring to Persia or Persians.

See also

• Iranian
• Tajiki-Persian
• Dari-Persian
• Farsi

Translations

• Arabic: فارسي (fársi)
• Bulgarian: персиец (persíets) m, персийка (persíjka) f (1)
• Danish: persianer (2)
• Dutch: Pers m, Perzische f (1); Perzisch n (2)
• Chinese: 波斯人 (bōsīrén) (1)
• Esperanto: perso (2)
• Finnish: persialainen (1); persia (3)
• French: Persan m (1,2)
• German: Perser m, Perserin f (1)
• Gujarati: ફારસી (pharsī) (1)
• Hindi: फ़ारसी (pharsī) (1)
• Hungarian: perzsiai (2)
• Indonesian: farsi (2)
• Italian: persiano (2)
• Korean: 페르샤의 (pereusya-ui) (2)
• Persian: فارسی (fārsi) (2)
• Polish: perski (2)
• Portuguese: persa m/f (2)
• Russian: персидский (persídskij) (2)
• Slovak: peržan m, peržanka f (1); peržština f (2)
• Spanish: persa m/f (2)
• Swahili: kiajemi (2)
• Swedish: perser m, pl, persiska f (1,2)
• Turkish: farsça (2)
• Urdu: فارسي (fārsī)

Adjective

Persian

1. of, from, or pertaining to Persia.
2. of or pertaining to the Persian people.
3. of or pertaining to the Persian language.

Synonyms

• Iranian (2)

Translations

• Azeri: fars
• Bulgarian: персийски (persíjski) m & pl
• Chinese: 波斯 的 (bōsī de) (1), 波斯人 的 (bōsīrén de) (2); 波斯语 的 (bōsīyǔ de) (3)
• Danish: persisk
• Dutch: Perzisch , Perzische
• Esperanto: persa
• Finnish: persialainen
• French: persan
• German: persisch
• Greek: περσικός (persikós)
• Japanese: ペルシア (pérushia) (1), ペルシアの (pérushia no) (2), ペルシア人 (pérushia-jin) (3)
• Kurdish: farisî
• Norwegian: persisk
• Persian: ایرانی (irāni), فارسی (fārsi)
• Polish: perski
• Portuguese: persa 'm/f
• Russian: персидский (persídskij)
• Slovak: perzský m, perzská f, perzské n
• Spanish: persa 'm/f
• Swedish: persisk , persiska
• Tatar: farsí
• Turkish: İran

See also

• Wikipedia article on Persian