English
Etymology
From Latin Persia, from Ancient Greek Περσίς (Persís), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /pārsa/).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɜː(ɹ).ʒə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈpɝʒə/
- (dated) IPA(key): /ˈpɜː(ɹ)ʃə/
Proper noun
Persia
- (historical, archaic) The former term referring to Iran in the West.
- Persia proper (Persis), the land of the ancient Persians, corresponding to modern-day Fars province in southwestern Iran.
- (historical, archaic) Territories corresponding to either of the two Persian Empires ruled by dynasties from Persis, especially the first of the two.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
region of ancient Iran
- Afrikaans: Persië
- Albanian: Persië f, Persia f (definite)
- Amharic: ፋርስ (fars)
- Arabic: فَارِس (ar) m or f (fāris)
- Egyptian Arabic: بلاد فارس f pl (belād fāres), فارس f (fāres)
- Armenian: Պարսկաստան (Parskastan)
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܦܵܪܸܣ f (paris)
- Asturian: Persia (ast)
- Azerbaijani: Fars
- Belarusian: Пе́рсія f (Pjérsija)
- Bengali: পারস্য (bn) (parôśśô)
- Bulgarian: Пе́рсия f (Pérsija)
- Burmese: ပါရှား (pahra:)
- Catalan: Pèrsia f
- Chechen: Гӏажарийчоь (Ğažariı̇čö)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 波斯 (bo1 si1)
- Hokkien: 波斯 (Pho-su)
- Mandarin: 波斯 (zh) (Bōsī)
- Cornish: Persi
- Corsican: Persia f
- Czech: Persie (cs) f
- Danish: Persien n
- Dutch: Perzië (nl) n
- Egyptian: (prs)
- Esperanto: Persio
- Estonian: Pärsia
- Finnish: Persia (fi)
- French: Perse (fr) f
- Middle French: Perse f
- Georgian: სპარსეთი (sṗarseti)
- German: Persien (de) n
- Greek: Περσία (el) f (Persía)
- Hawaiian: Pelekia
- Hebrew: פָּרָס (he) f (parás)
- Hindi: फ़ारस m (fāras), फारस (hi) m (phāras), पारस (hi) m (pāras), पारसीक (hi) m (pārsīk), फ़ारिस m (fāris), फारिस (hi) m (phāris), पर्शिया m (parśiyā)
- Hungarian: Perzsia (hu)
- Icelandic: Persía f
- Indonesian: Persia
- Irish: an Pheirs f
- Italian: Persia f
- Japanese: ペルシア (ja) (Perushia), ペルシャ (ja) (Perusha), 波斯 (ja) (ハルシャ, Harusha) (obsolete), 波斯 (ja) (ハルシア, Harushia) (obsolete)
- Kazakh: Парсы (Parsy)
- Khmer: ពែរ្ស (pɛɛsɑɑ)
- Korean: 페르시아 (ko) (Pereusia), 파사(波斯) (Pasa) (obsolete)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: Fars (ku)
- Kurmanji: Faris (ku)
- Kyrgyz: Персия (Persiya)
- Lao: ເປີເຊຍ (pœ̄ sīa)
- Latin: Persia (la) f
- Latvian: Persija f
- Lithuanian: Persija f
- Macedonian: Персија f (Persija)
- Malay: Parsi
- Manchu: ᠪᠣᠰ (bos)
- Maori: Pāhia
- Marathi: पर्शिया m (parśiyā)
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: Перс (Pers)
- Mongolian: ᠫᠧᠷᠰ (pērs)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: Persia n
- Odia: ଶାକ ଦ୍ୱୀପ (or) (śāka dwipa), ପରଶ୍ୟ (or) (paraśya)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic: Перъсида f (Perŭsida)
- Old East Slavic: Персида f (Persida), Перъсида f (Perŭsida)
- Old English: Persa
- Old Norse: Persía f, Persíaland n, Persaland n, Persiða f, Persiðaland n
- Ossetian: Перс (Pers)
- Ottoman Turkish: فارس (fars)
- Pashto: پارسه f (pārsa)
- Persian:
- Classical Persian: پَارْس (pārs), فَارْس (fārs), پَارْسَه (pārsa)
- Iranian Persian: پارْس (pârs), فارْس (fârs), پارْسِه f (pârse)
- Middle Persian: 𐭯𐭠𐭫𐭮𐭩 (pʾlsy /pārs/)
- Old Persian: 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /pārsa/)
- Polish: Persja (pl) f
- Portuguese: Pérsia (pt) f
- Romanian: Persia (ro) f
- Russian: Пе́рсия (ru) f (Pérsija)
- Sanskrit: पारसीक (sa) n (pārasīka)
- Sardinian: Pèrsia f
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Пѐрзија f
- Roman: Pèrzija (sh) f
- Slovak: Perzia f
- Slovene: Perzija (sl) f
- Spanish: Persia (es) f
- Swedish: Persien (sv) n
- Tajik: Порс (Pors), Форс (Fors)
- Tamil: பாரசீகம் (ta) (pāracīkam)
- Tatar: Фарсы (Farsı)
- Thai: เปอร์เซีย (th) (bpəə-siia)
- Turkish: Fars (tr), Pers (tr)
- Turkmen: Persiýa
- Ukrainian: Пе́рсія f (Pérsija)
- Urdu: فارَس m (fāras), فارِس m (fāris), پَرْشِیا m (parśiyā), پارْس m (pārs)
- Uyghur: پارس (pars), پېرسىيە (përsiye)
- Uzbek: Fors, Pors, Persiya
- Vietnamese: Ba Tư (波斯)
- Yiddish: פּערסיע f (persye)
- Zhuang: Bohswh
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See also
Anagrams
- Pearis, perais, Parise, Paresi, Paries, aspire, spirea, paires, paries, Arispe, praise
Finnish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin Persia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpersiɑ/, [ˈpe̞rs̠iɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ersiɑ
- Syllabification(key): Per‧si‧a
- Hyphenation(key): Per‧sia
Proper noun
Persia
- (historical) Persia
Declension
| Inflection of Persia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
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| nominative
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Persia
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—
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| genitive
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Persian
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—
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| partitive
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Persiaa
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—
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| illative
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Persiaan
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—
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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Persia
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—
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| accusative
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nom.
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Persia
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—
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| gen.
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Persian
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| genitive
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Persian
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—
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| partitive
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Persiaa
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—
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| inessive
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Persiassa
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—
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| elative
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Persiasta
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—
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| illative
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Persiaan
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—
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| adessive
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Persialla
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—
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| ablative
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Persialta
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—
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| allative
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Persialle
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—
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| essive
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Persiana
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—
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| translative
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Persiaksi
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—
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| abessive
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Persiatta
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—
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| instructive
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—
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—
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| comitative
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See the possessive forms below.
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| first-person singular possessor
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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Persiani
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—
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| accusative
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nom.
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Persiani
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—
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| gen.
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Persiani
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| genitive
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Persiani
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—
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| partitive
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Persiaani
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—
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| inessive
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Persiassani
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—
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| elative
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Persiastani
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—
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| illative
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Persiaani
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—
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| adessive
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Persiallani
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—
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| ablative
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Persialtani
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—
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| allative
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Persialleni
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—
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| essive
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Persianani
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—
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| translative
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Persiakseni
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—
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| abessive
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Persiattani
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—
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| instructive
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—
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—
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| comitative
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— |
—
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| second-person singular possessor
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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Persiasi
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—
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| accusative
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nom.
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Persiasi
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—
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| gen.
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Persiasi
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| genitive
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Persiasi
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—
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| partitive
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Persiaasi
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—
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| inessive
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Persiassasi
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—
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| elative
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Persiastasi
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—
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| illative
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Persiaasi
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—
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| adessive
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Persiallasi
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—
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| ablative
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Persialtasi
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—
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| allative
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Persiallesi
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—
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| essive
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Persianasi
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—
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| translative
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Persiaksesi
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—
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| abessive
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Persiattasi
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—
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| instructive
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—
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—
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| comitative
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— |
—
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| first-person plural possessor
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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Persiamme
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—
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| accusative
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nom.
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Persiamme
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—
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| gen.
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Persiamme
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| genitive
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Persiamme
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—
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| partitive
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Persiaamme
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—
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| inessive
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Persiassamme
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—
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| elative
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Persiastamme
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—
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| illative
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Persiaamme
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—
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| adessive
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Persiallamme
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—
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| ablative
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Persialtamme
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—
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| allative
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Persiallemme
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—
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| essive
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Persianamme
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—
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| translative
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Persiaksemme
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—
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| abessive
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Persiattamme
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—
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| instructive
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—
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—
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| comitative
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— |
—
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| second-person plural possessor
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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Persianne
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—
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| accusative
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nom.
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Persianne
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—
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| gen.
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Persianne
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| genitive
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Persianne
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—
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| partitive
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Persiaanne
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—
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| inessive
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Persiassanne
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—
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| elative
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Persiastanne
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—
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| illative
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Persiaanne
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—
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| adessive
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Persiallanne
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—
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| ablative
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Persialtanne
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—
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| allative
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Persiallenne
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—
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| essive
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Persiananne
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—
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| translative
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Persiaksenne
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—
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| abessive
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Persiattanne
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—
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| instructive
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—
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—
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| comitative
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— |
—
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| third-person possessor
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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Persiansa
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—
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| accusative
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nom.
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Persiansa
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—
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| gen.
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Persiansa
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| genitive
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Persiansa
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—
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| partitive
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Persiaansa
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—
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| inessive
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Persiassaan
Persiassansa
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—
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| elative
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Persiastaan
Persiastansa
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—
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| illative
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Persiaansa
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—
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| adessive
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Persiallaan
Persiallansa
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—
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| ablative
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Persialtaan
Persialtansa
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—
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| allative
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Persialleen
Persiallensa
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—
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| essive
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Persianaan
Persianansa
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—
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| translative
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Persiakseen
Persiaksensa
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—
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| abessive
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Persiattaan
Persiattansa
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—
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| instructive
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—
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—
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| comitative
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— |
—
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Derived terms
See also
Anagrams
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɛr.sja/
- Rhymes: -ɛrsja
- Hyphenation: Pèr‧sia
Proper noun
Persia f
- Persia
Anagrams
- apersi, arpesi, espira, paresi, presai, ripesa, saperi, saprei, separi, serpai, sperai, spiare, spierà
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Περσίς (Persís).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Persia f sg (genitive Persiae); first declension
- Persia
c. 197 BCE,
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
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Synonyms
References
- “Persia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Persia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Persia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
Proper noun
Persia f
- Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Pérsia.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpeɾsja/ [ˈpeɾ.sja]
- Rhymes: -eɾsja
- Syllabification: Per‧sia
Proper noun
Persia f
- Persia