Persian
Americanadjective
noun
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a member of the native peoples of Iran, descended in part from the ancient Iranians.
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a citizen of ancient Persia.
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an Iranian language, the principal language of Iran and western Afghanistan, in its historical and modern forms. Pers, Pers.
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Architecture. a figure of a man used as a column.
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Persians. Persian blinds.
adjective
noun
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a native, citizen, or inhabitant of modern Iran; an Iranian
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a member of an Indo-European people of West Iranian speech who established a great empire in SW Asia in the 6th century bc
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the language of Iran or Persia in any of its ancient or modern forms, belonging to the West Iranian branch of the Indo-European family See also Avestan Old Persian Pahlavi 2 Farsi
Other Word Forms
- pre-Persian adjective
- pseudo-Persian adjective
- trans-Persian adjective
Etymology
Origin of Persian
First recorded in 1325–75; Persi(a) + -an; replacing Middle English Persien, from Middle French; replacing Old English Persisc ( -ish 1 )
Example Sentences
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It is the main conduit for oil and other energy products like liquefied natural gas as they flow between much of the Persian Gulf and Asia, Africa and beyond.
From MarketWatch
It is the main conduit for oil and other energy products like liquefied natural gas as they flow between much of the Persian Gulf and Asia, Africa and beyond.
From MarketWatch
That maritime chokepoint crucially allows cargo ships to pass from the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea, facilitating the production and flow of crude oil out of the Middle East.
From MarketWatch
Car horns blared and Persian music pumped through open windows.
From Los Angeles Times
Dozens of tankers diverted from the Persian Gulf in the early hours of the conflict.
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