Persian
/ˈpɜːr.ʒən/noun
Relating to Persia or Iran, or to the Persian language and culture.
Did you know?The English word comes through Latin from Greek Persēs, the name for a Persian person, and the deeper chain likely reaches an Old Persian form related to Pārsa, the name of the Persis region and the people behind the Achaemenid Empire.
Etymological Timeline
Old Persian
OP
Pārsa
“The name of the Persis region and its people”
Ancient Greek
Greek
Persēs
“A Persian man; a Persian person”
Latin
Latin
Persianus
“Persian; belonging to Persia”
Old French
OF
persien
“Persian”
Middle English
English
persian
“Persian; from Persia”
Modern English
English
Persian
“Relating to Persia or Iran, or to the Persian language and culture”