Persian
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3.9
- adjective
- /ˈpɜrʒən/
:
persa
- To wrap up this wonderful day, we have some Persian food with Sadie with lots of bread and meat for dinner.
- Persian Gulf
- Persian Gulf War
- Persian Empire
They also attack my Persian channel, Nassim S Apps.
- They also attack my Persian channel, Nassim S Apps.
- I'm the only Persian restaurant in southwest Palo Alto.
- This guy takes us out to Korea Beach, which is the Persian Gulf, OK.
- Chad, thank you for supporting our Persian artist.
- Well, there's there's a story by Rumi, the Persian poet.
- The owners are from Iran and the flavors are Persian.
- But you should know that the form the the Guzzle is an ancient Persian form.
- We started the course with the Rhine and Danube frontier as one front and the Persian frontier in the east as another.
- And in the Middle East, the main conflict has always been between the Arab world and the Persian world.
- There, the Persian king was slain and his head claimed by the victorious queen.
Examples
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The Iranian nuclear standoff raises the larger issue of what future Persian Gulf security may look like.
Academic text (2013) -
Most of what we know about the Persian Empire, however, comes from its western half.
Academic text (2011) -
Actually, she is an important part of Persian dance. That goes well.
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Iranian musicians are confronted with numerous decisions as they perform the Persian art music of their ancestors.
Academic text (1991) -
The city gets its name from the Persian Dar Band, which means "barred gate."
Academic text (2008) -
The law firm had long, cool corridors laid with Persian rugs and a cafeteria.
Fiction book (1991) -
As early as the fourteenth century, Persian historians had composed universal histories for illustration.
Academic text (2013) -
The documentary explored the rich traditions of Persian culture, highlighting its unique art and music.
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During the celebration of Nowruz, many families enjoy traditional Persian dishes and wear beautiful clothing.
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Her research focuses on the influence of Persian literature on modern Iranian writers.
Synonyms
Compounds
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3.4
A 1990–1991 war when Iraq invaded Kuwait and a US-led group fought to push out Iraqi troops
3
5.3
A large ancient empire in southwest Asia started by Cyrus the Great and later conquered by Alexander the Great
Countries in southwest Asia with mainly Arab people that border the Persian Gulf
- Specialized
A sickness that affected many people who served in the 1991 Gulf War, causing tiredness, headaches, and memory problems
A tree from Europe and Asia that produces large edible nuts and wood used for furniture
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Persian as an adjective comes from the name Parsa plus the ending -ian, which means 'from' or 'related to', so Persian describes something 'of or about' Iran.