persian

1. 1.

   a native or inhabitant of Iran

   “the majority of Irani are Persian Shiite Muslims”

   SynonymsIraniIranian

   BroaderAsian

   NarrowerFarsiArtaxerxes IArtaxerxes II

   Part ofIran
2. 2.

   the language of Persia (Iran) in any of its ancient forms

   SynonymsFarsi

   BroaderIranian

1. 1.

   of or relating to Iran or its people or language or culture

   “Iranian mountains”

   “Iranian security police”

   SynonymsIranian

Other forms of persian

plural

persians·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about persian

What does persian mean?

persian means "a native or inhabitant of Iran". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in persian?

persian has 2 syllables: per-sian. The stress falls on "per". In IPA it is /ˈpɝʒən/.

What is another word for persian?

Close synonyms include Irani, Iranian, Farsi, Iranian. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is persian a common word?

persian is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.