Persian

Etymology 1
From, from , from , from , from , from , from (compare modern  or Early ).

Noun

 * 1)  The Persian language, or a family of languages spoken primarily in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
 * 2)  A person from.
 * 3)  A person of Persian descent.
 * 4)  An.
 * 5) A Persian cat.
 * 6)  A pastry local to the Thunder Bay region in Canada often compared to either a cinnamon bun or a donut topped with pink icing.
 * 7) A sheep of the Blackhead Persian breed.
 * 8) A thin silk fabric, formerly used for linings.
 * 9)  Any of a set of male figures used instead of columns to support an entablature.
 * 1)  Any of a set of male figures used instead of columns to support an entablature.
 * 1)  Any of a set of male figures used instead of columns to support an entablature.

Usage notes

 * The term "Farsi" has gained currency in English to refer to the Persian language, though often used for all varieties it, it is frequently used to distinguish the variety spoken in Iran from other varieties. Likewise, the terms "Dari" and "Tajik" or "Tajiki" have become common terms to distinguish varieties spoke in Afghanistan (Dari) and Tajikistan and Uzbekistan (Tajiki), though this distinction is sometimes controversial.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian: gjuhë perse
 * Arabic: فارسي, اللُّغَة الفَارِسِيَّة, فَارِسِيّ
 * Aramaic:
 * Syriac: ܦܪܣܐܝܬ, ܦܪܣܬ, ܦܖܣܐܝܬ, ܦܖܣܬ
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: fars dili
 * Basque:
 * Belarusian: персі́дская мо́ва, персі́дская, фарсі́, пэрсы́дзкая мо́ва
 * Breton: perseg
 * Bukhari: Zaboni forsī
 * Bulgarian: перси́йски,
 * Burmese: ပါရှားဘာသာစကား
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chechen: гӏажарийн
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 法爾西語, 帕爾西語
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:, persa lingvo
 * Estonian: pärsia keel
 * Faroese: persiskt
 * Finnish:, persian kieli, , farsin kieli
 * French:
 * Gagauz: pers dili, fars dili
 * Galician:
 * Georgian:, სპარსული ენა
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: περσιστί
 * Greenlandic: persiskisut
 * Gujarati:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian:, újperzsa,
 * Icelandic:
 * Irish: Peirsis, Fairsis
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: парсы тілі, парсы
 * Khmer: ភាសាពែរ្ស
 * Korean:
 * Kumyk: фарс тил
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:, zimanê farisî
 * Kyrgyz: фарс тили, фарси
 * Lao: ພາສາເປີເຊຍ
 * Latvian: persiešu valoda
 * Lithuanian: persų kalba
 * Macedonian: пе́рсиски, фа́рси
 * Malay: bahasa Parsi
 * Maltese: Persjan
 * Marathi: फारसी, पर्शियन
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: перс хэл
 * Navajo: Béézhąą bizaad
 * Nepali: पर्सियन
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ,
 * Nynorsk: persisk, farsi
 * Odia: ,
 * Ossetian: персайнаг ӕвзаг
 * Pashto: پاړسي ژبه, پاړسي, ,
 * Persian:
 * Iranian Persian:, , زَبانِ فارْسی, زَبانِ پارْسی
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Punjabi: ਫਾਰਸੀ
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, перси́дский (язы́к)
 * Sanskrit:, ,
 * Sarikoli: Porsi ziv, Forsi ziv
 * Scots: Persie
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: пѐрзӣјскӣ, пѐрсӣјскӣ, фа̑рси
 * Roman:, pèrsījskī,
 * Shughni: Форси зив
 * Sindhi: فارسي
 * Slovak: perzština
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: Persa
 * Tajik: забони форсӣ,
 * Tatar: фарсы теле,
 * Thai: ภาษาเปอร์เซีย
 * Turkish: ,
 * Turkmen: pars dili
 * Ukrainian: перси́дська мо́ва,, пе́рська мо́ва
 * Urdu:, پارْسی
 * Uyghur: پارس تىلى
 * Uzbek: fors tili,
 * Vietnamese:
 * Yagnobi: Форсӣ зивок, Порсӣ зивок
 * Yazghulami: порси звег, форси звег


 * Arabic: فَارِسِيّ,
 * Aramaic:
 * Syriac: ܦܪܣܝܐ, ܥܓܡܝܐ, ܦܖܣܝܐ
 * Armenian:
 * Old Armenian: պարսք, պարսիկ
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Basque: persiar
 * Belarusian: перс, персія́нка
 * Bulgarian: перси́ец, перси́йка
 * Catalan:, persà, persana
 * Chechen: гӏажари
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: perser
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: persiano, persianino
 * Estonian: pärslane
 * Faroese: persi
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,
 * Georgian: სპარსელი, სპარსი
 * German: ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: Πέρσης, Περσίς
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: ペルシア人
 * Kazakh: парсы
 * Korean: 페르시아인, 페르시아 사람
 * Kumyk: фарс
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz: перс, фарсы
 * Latin:, Persēs, ,
 * Latvian: persietis, persiete
 * Lithuanian: persas, persė
 * Macedonian: Персијанец, Персијанка
 * Malay: Parsi
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: перс хүн
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: persar
 * Occitan:
 * Odia: ,
 * Ossetian:
 * Pashto: پارسیوان,, , پاړس
 * Persian:
 * Iranian Persian: ,
 * Polish:, Persjanka, Persyjka
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Sanskrit:, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: Персијанац, Персијанка, Перзијанац, Перзијанка
 * Roman: Persijanac, Persijanka, Perzijanec, Perzijanka
 * Slovak: Peržan, Peržanka
 * Slovene: Perzijec, Perzijka
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: Mwajemi
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tajik: форс, порс
 * Tatar:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: перс, персія́нка
 * Urdu: پارْسی
 * Uyghur: پارس
 * Uzbek:


 * Catalan: gat persa
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 波斯貓
 * Danish: perser, angorakat
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: persa kato
 * Finnish:
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: gatto persiano,
 * Navajo: mósíʼilí
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Persian: گُرْبِهٔ ایرانی, گربه پشْمالو
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: перси́дский кот,
 * Spanish: gato persa
 * Turkish: İran kedisi


 * Esperanto:
 * Gujarati: (1)
 * Indonesian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Turkish:
 * Urdu:

Adjective

 * Of, from, or pertaining to Persia.
 * 1) Of or pertaining to the Persian people.
 * 2) Of or pertaining to the Persian language.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian: ,
 * Arabic: فَارِسِيّ
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bashkir: фарсы
 * Belarusian: персі́дскі, пэрсы́дзкі
 * Bengali: পারসীক,
 * Bulgarian: перси́йски
 * Burmese: ပါရှား
 * Carpathian Rusyn: пе́рьскый
 * Catalan:, persà, persana
 * Chechen: гӀажарийн
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Chuvash: перс
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: pärsia
 * Faroese: persiskur
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: Περσικός
 * Hawaiian: Pelekia
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: парсы
 * Khmer: ពែរ្ស
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz: фарс
 * Lao: ເປີເຊຍ
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: persiešu
 * Lithuanian:, persiškas
 * Macedonian: персиски
 * Malay: Parsi
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: перс
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Occitan:
 * Odia: ,
 * Ossetian:
 * Pashto: پاړسي, ,
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, , pérseo
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: пѐрзӣјскӣ, пѐрсӣјскӣ
 * Roman:, pèrsījskī
 * Slovak: perzský
 * Slovene:
 * Tajik: ,
 * Tatar:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Turkmen: farsi, fars
 * Ukrainian: пе́рський, перси́дський
 * Urdu:
 * Uyghur: پارس
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Vietnamese: Ba Tư


 * Afrikaans:
 * Armenian:
 * Catalan:, persà, persana
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hawaiian: Pelekia
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ペルシア人
 * Latin:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:


 * Afrikaans:
 * Armenian: պարսկերենի
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, persiankielinen
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hawaiian: Pelekia
 * Hungarian:, újperzsa,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Urdu:, پارْسی


 * Azerbaijani:
 * Esperanto:
 * French:
 * Norwegian:
 * Slovak:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tatar:
 * Turkish:

Adjective

 * 1) Of or pertaining to Persius Roman writer