Persian

comparative more Persian · superlative most Persian

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Persia.

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   MOHAMMAD REZA SHAJARIAN (Thursday) Renowned in his native Iran, the vocalist Mohammad Reza Shajarian has been performing since the 1960s, and is now widely considered one of the finest classical Persian singers in the world. Mr. Shajarian’s son, Homayoun Shajarian, will provide additional vocals and tombak (goblet drum), while Ensemble Ava, a four-piece, will contribute additional instrumentation on the ancient Persian instruments barbat (short-necked lute), tar (long-necked lute), kamancheh (spike fiddle) and daf (frame drum).

   2008 May 30, The New York Times, “Pop and Rock Listings”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 09 Apr 2022

2. Of or pertaining to the Persian people.
3. Of or pertaining to the Persian language.

   Synonyms: Farsi, Parsi

plural Persians

1. historicalA native or inhabitant of the historical polity of Persia (for example, any of the various Persian empires).

   The Persians (including the Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes, Syrians, Phœnicians, Jews, and Egyptians), in contrast to the foregoing, possess a germ of historical development, […]

   1892, Benjamin Chapman Burt, A History of Modern Philosophy, page 111

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   […] Macedonians and Persians had a long history of contact: Macedonia had once been part of the Persian Empire – Alexander I fought on the Persian side in the Persian War – and there were personal and diplomatic contacts of many sorts […]

   2015, Elizabeth Carne, King and Court in Ancient Macedonia, page xv

2. datedSynonym of Iranian

   Synonyms: Iranian

3. A member of the ethnic group indigenous to Persis and the Iranian plateau that forms the majority of the population of modern-day Iran.

   Recruits [to the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps] tended to be ethnic Persians or Azeris between the ages of 17 and 28 and generally hailed from poorer or religious families.

   2016, J. Kechichian, Iran, Iraq and the Arab Gulf States, page 38

4. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of Persian cat.
5. CanadaNorthwesternOntarioA pastry local to the Thunder Bay region in Canada often compared to either a cinnamon bun or a donut topped with pink icing.
6. A sheep of the Blackhead Persian breed.
7. A thin silk fabric, formerly used for linings.

   There is of those Persians several lengths.

   1696, J. F. Merchant?, The merchant's ware-house laid open

8. architectureAny of a set of male figures used instead of columns to support an entablature.

1. The Persian language, or a family of languages spoken primarily in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.

   The resulting Belter creole is a crazy mix of English, Chinese, romance languages like French, German, Persian, Hebrew, Zulu, and a few other surprises. Farmer says he has over 1,000 Belter words in his personal dictionary, and he keeps adding more as the show’s producers and fans request them.

   2019 December 22, Annalee Newitz and Cyrus Farivar, “Nick Farmer knows dozens of languages, so he invented one for The Expanse”, in Ars Technica

   Synonyms: Farsi//Parsi, Dari, Tajik, Classical Persian

comparative more Persian · superlative most Persian

1. Of or pertaining to Persius (Roman writer)

   ...as it seems from an Ovidian or Persian standpoint and also, perhaps, from the comic standpoints of Plautus or Caecilius...

   1998, Stephen Hinds, Allusion and Intertext: Dynamics of Appropriation in Roman Poetry