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Persia
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persia Persía Pérsia Pèrsia
English
Etymology
en :bor la:Persia +
en la Persia, itself derived from la Persēs Persian/la Persa Persian Persian man 1 la -ia<pos:suffix forming country names> land of the Persians, with the first element borrowed by Latin from en grc Πέρσης Persian, itself borrowed from en peo 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 Xpeo pārsa.
Pronunciation
en /ˈpɜː.ʒə/ RP
en /ˈpɝʒə/ GA
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Persia.wav Southern England
en /ˈpɜː(ɹ)ʃə/<a:dated>
Proper noun
+ <dab!>
en historical otherwise archaic Iran, a country in West Asia.
Persia proper (Persis), the land of the ethnic Persians, corresponding to the modern-day Fars province in southwestern Iran.
en historical The territories of any of the various Persian Empires or other polities ruled by dynasties from Persis.
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Synonyms
en Persis
Derived terms
en Imperial State of Persia Persia proper Persian
Related terms
en peach
en Farsi
Translations
region of ancient Iran
Afrikaans: af Persië
Albanian: sq Persië f, sq Persia f definite
Amharic: am ፋርስ
Antillean Creole: gcf Pès f
Arabic: ar فَارِس m f
Egyptian Arabic: arz بلاد فارس f-p belād fāres, arz فارس f fāres
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܦܵܪܸܣ f paris
Armenian: hy Պարսկաստան
Asturian: ast Persia
Azerbaijani: az Fars
Belarusian: be Пе́рсія f
Bengali: bn পারস্য parôśśô
Bulgarian: bg Пе́рсия f
Burmese: my ပါရှား
Catalan: ca Pèrsia f
Chechen: ce ГӀажарийчоь
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 波斯
Hokkien: nan-hbl 波斯 Pho-su
Mandarin: cmn 波斯
Cornish: kw Persi
Corsican: co Persia f
Czech: cs Persie f
Danish: da Persien n
Dutch: nl Perzië n
Egyptian: prs p:r-s-N25
Esperanto: eo Persio
Estonian: et Pärsia
Finnish: fi Persia
French: fr Perse Persia f, fr Persie f
Middle French: frm Perse Persia f, frm Persie f
Georgian: ka სპარსეთი
German: de Persien n
Greek: el Περσία f
Hawaiian: haw Pelekia
Hebrew: he פָּרָס f parás
Hindi: hi फ़ारस m, hi फारस m, hi पारस m, hi पारसीक m, hi फ़ारिस m, hi फारिस m, hi पर्शिया m
Hungarian: hu Perzsia
Icelandic: is Persía f
Indonesian: id Persia
Irish: ga an Pheirs f
Italian: it Persia f
Japanese: ja ペルシア Perushia, ja ペルシャ Perusha, ja 波斯 ハルシャ, Harusha obsolete, ja 波斯 ハルシア, Harushia obsolete
Kazakh: kk Парсы
Khmer: km ពែរ្ស
Korean: ko ^페르시아, ko ^파사(波斯) obsolete
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kmr Fars
Northern Kurdish: kmr Faris
Kyrgyz: ky Персия
Lao: lo ເປີເຊຍ
Latin: la Persia f
Latvian: lv Persija f
Lithuanian: lt Persija f
Macedonian: mk Персија f
Malay: ms Parsi
Manchu: mnc ᠪᠣᠰ
Māori: mi Pāhia
Marathi: mr पर्शिया m
Mauritian Creole: mfe Pers f
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn Перс
Mongolian script: mn ᠫᠧᠷᠰ
Navajo: nv Pérzha
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Persia n
Occitan: oc Pèrsia f
Odia: or ଶାକ ଦ୍ୱୀପ, or ପରଶ୍ୟ
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: cu Перъсида f
Old East Slavic: orv Персида f, orv Перъсида f
Old English: ang Persa
Old Norse: non Persía f, non Persíaland n, non Persaland n, non Persiða f, non Persiðaland n
Ossetian: os Перс
Pashto: ps پارسه f pārsa
Persian:
Classical Persian: fa-cls پَارْس, fa-cls فَارْس, fa-cls پَارْسَه
Iranian Persian: fa-ira پارْس, fa-ira فارْس, fa-ira پارْسِه f
Middle Persian: pal 𐭯𐭠𐭫𐭮𐭩 pārs
Old Persian: peo 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 pārsa
Polish: pl Persja f
Portuguese: pt Pérsia f
Romanian: ro Persia f
Russian: ru Пе́рсия f
Sanskrit: sa पारसीक n
Sardinian: sc Pèrsia f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Пѐрзија f
Latin: sh Pèrzija f
Slovak: sk Perzia f
Slovene: sl Perzija f
Spanish: es Persia f
Swedish: sv Persien n
Tajik: tg Порс, tg Форс
Tamil: ta பாரசீகம்
Tatar: tt Фарсы
Thai: th เปอร์เซีย
Turkish: tr Fars, tr Pers
Ottoman Turkish: ota فارس fars
Turkmen: tk Persiýa
Ukrainian: uk Пе́рсія f
Urdu: ur فارَس m, ur فارِس m, ur پَرْشِیا m, ur پارْس m
Uyghur: ug پارس, ug پېرسىيە
Uzbek: uz Fors, uz Pors, uz Persiya
Vietnamese: vi Ba Tư (vi 波斯)
Yiddish: yi פּערסיע f
Zhuang: za Bohswh
Iran
See also
Wikipedia article on Persis
Wikipedia article on Iran
Anagrams
en aeiprs Pearis perais Parise Paresi Paries aspire spirea paires paries Arispe praise
en terms suffixed with -ia (place)
en Countries in Asia Persia
Finnish
Etymology
fi la Persia.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi historic Persia
Declension
sg Persi a
Derived terms
fi persialainen
fi compounds persianapila persiankissa Persianlahti persianlammas
Related terms
fi persia
See also
fi Iran
Anagrams
fi aeiprs reipas separi
fi Countries in Asia Persia
Italian
Pronunciation
Pèrsia
Proper noun
f
en Persia
Related terms
it persiano
it persico
Anagrams
it aeiprs apersi arpesi espira paresi presai ripesa saperi saprei separi serpai sperai spiare spierà
it Countries in Asia Persia
Latin
Etymology
la :af Persa<id:Persian><alt:Persēs/Persa><t:Persian man> -ia<pos:suffix forming country names> +
From la Persēs Persian/la Persa Persian Persian man la -ia<pos:suffix forming country names> land of the Persians, with the first element borrowed by Latin from la grc Πέρσης Persian, itself borrowed from la peo 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 Xpeo pārsa.
Pronunciation
Persia 1
Proper noun
Persia<1.loc>
en Persia
la Persis
la Plautus Persa 4 3 28 Immō ad tē attinent et tuā refert. Nam ex Persiā sunt haec allātae mihi ā meō erō. Why yes, it bears reference to yourself, and it does relate to you. But it has just now been brought me from Persia, from my master.
Declension
Persia<1.loc>
Related terms
la Persēs<id:Persian>,Persa<id:Persian> Persicus
Descendants
sq 1 Persië
ast Persia
be 1 Пе́рсія
bg 1 Пе́рсия
ca Pèrsia
cs 1 Persie
en 1 Persia
de 1 Persien
fi 1 Persia
is 1 Persía
it Persia
mk 1 Персија
frm Perse<id:Persia> Persie
oc Pèrsia
pl 1 Persja
pt Pérsia
ro Persia
ru 1 Пе́рсия
sh 1
sh 1 Пѐрзија
sh 1 Pèrzija
sk 1 Perzia
sl 1 Perzija
es Persia
uk 1 Пе́рсія
References
la Countries in Asia Persia
Portuguese
Proper noun
f
Pérsia 11 43
Spanish
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
f
es older historical en Persia
es Irán
Related terms
es persiana
es Countries in Asia Persia