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Etymology 1 [ edit ] From Middle English percynne Middle French persien Italian persiano Medieval Latin Persiānus Latin Persia Ancient Greek Περσίς ( Persís ) , from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 ( p-a-r-s /Pārsa/ , “ Persia ” ) (compare modern Iranian Persian فارس ( fârs ) or Early Classical Persian پارس ( pārs ) ).
Pronunciation [ edit ] Persian (countable and uncountable plural Persians
( uncountable ) Persian language , or a family of languages spoken primarily in Iran , Afghanistan , Tajikistan , and Uzbekistan .
Synonyms: Farsi Dari ( in Afghanistan ) , Tajik ( in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan ) ( countable ) Persia ( countable ) ( historical ) Iranian A Persian cat .
( Canada , chiefly Northwestern Ontario ) 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 The merchant's ware-house laid open :There is of those Persians several lengths.
( architecture ) male figures used instead of columns to support an entablature .Usage notes [ edit ] 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 terms [ edit ] Related terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] 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
Bukhari: Zaboni forsī
Bulgarian: перси́йски m ( persíjski ) , фарси́ (bg) m ( farsí )
Burmese: ပါရှား ဘာသာစကား ( pahra:bhasaca.ka: )
Catalan: persa (ca) m farsi (ca) m
Chechen: гӏажарийн ( ğažariı̇n )
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
Gagauz: pers dili fars dili
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 (ckb) ( 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
Odia: 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:
Iranian Persian: فارْسی (fa) ( fârsi ) , پارْسی (fa) ( pârsi ) , زَبانِ فارْسی ( zabân-e fârsi ) , زَبانِ پارْسی ( 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 )
Sarikoli: Porsi ziv Forsi ziv
Scots: Persie
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пѐрзӣјскӣ m пѐрсӣјскӣ m фа̑рси m
Roman: pèrzījskī (sh) m pèrsījskī m fȃrsi (sh) m
Shughni: Форси зив ( Fōrsi ziv )
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: فارْسی (ur) f ( fārsī ) , پارْسی f ( pārsī )
Uyghur: پارس تىلى ( pars tili )
Uzbek: fors tili forsiy (uz)
Vietnamese: tiếng Ba Tư (vi)
Yagnobi: Форсӣ зивок ( Forsī zivok ) , Порсӣ зивок ( Porsī zivok )
Yazghulami: порси звег ( porsi zveg ) , форси звег ( forsi zveg )
person from Persia
Arabic: فَارِسِيّ m ( fārisiyy ) , فَارِسِيَّة (ar) f ( fārisiyya )
Aramaic:
Syriac: ܦܪܣܝܐ ܥܓܡܝܐ ܦܖܣܝܐ ( archaic )
Armenian: պարսիկ (hy) ( parsik )
Old Armenian: պարսք pl ( parskʻ ) , 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 (ckb) ( 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)
Odia: 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:
Iranian Persian: فارْس (fa) ( fârs ) , پارْس (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 )
Urdu: پارْسی ( pārsī )
Uyghur: پارس ( pars )
Uzbek: fors (uz)
pastry local to the Thunder Bay region in Canada
sheep of the Blackhead Persian breed
Translations to be checked
See also [ edit ] Adjective [ edit ] 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 terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] 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 ( parśik ) , ফার্সি (bn) ( pharśi )
Bulgarian: перси́йски ( persíjski )
Burmese: ပါရှား ( pahra: )
Carpathian Rusyn: пе́рьскый ( pérʹskŷj )
Catalan: persa (ca) m or f persà m persana f
Chechen: гӏажарийн ( ğažariı̇n )
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)
Odia: ପାରସୀ (or) ( parôsi ) , ପାରଶୀ (or) ( parôśi )
Ossetian: please add this translation if you can
Pashto: پاړسي ( pāṛsi ) , فارسي (ps) ( fārsi ) , پارسي (ps) ( pārsi )
Persian: فارْسی (fa) ( fârsi ) , پارْسی (fa) ( pârsi )
Polish: perski (pl)
Portuguese: persa (pt) , pérsico (pt) , pérseo m
Romanian: persan (ro)
Russian: перси́дский (ru) ( persídskij )
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 (th) ( bpəə-siia )
Turkish: Fars (tr) , Pers (tr)
Turkmen: farsi fars
Ukrainian: пе́рський ( pérsʹkyj ) , перси́дський ( persýdsʹkyj )
Urdu: فارْسی (ur) ( fārsī )
Uyghur: پارس ( pars )
Uzbek: forsiy (uz) , fors (uz)
Vietnamese: Ba Tư
of or pertaining to the Persian people
of or pertaining to the Persian language
Translations to be checked
Further reading [ edit ] Etymology 2 [ edit ] Persius -ian
Pronunciation [ edit ] Adjective [ edit ] Persian (comparative more Persian , superlative most Persian )
Of or pertaining to Persius ( Roman writer )
1998 Allusion and Intertext: Dynamics of Appropriation in Roman Poetry :...as it seems from an Ovidian or Persian standpoint and also, perhaps, from the comic standpoints of Plautus or Caecilius...
Anagrams [ edit ] Finnish [ edit ] Persian
genitive singular of Persia Anagrams [ edit ] 
, a language family including: