Persian

Persian
/perr"zheuhn, -sheuhn/, adj.
1. of or pertaining to ancient and recent Persia (now Iran), its people, or their language.
n.
2. a member of the native peoples of Iran, descended in part from the ancient Iranians.
3. a citizen of ancient Persia.
4. an Iranian language, the principal language of Iran and western Afghanistan, in its historical and modern forms. Cf. Old Persian, Pahlavi, Farsi.
5. Archit. a figure of a man used as a column.
6. Persians. See Persian blinds.
[1325-75; PERSI(A) + -AN; r. ME Persien < MF; r. OE Persisc (see -ISH1)]

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(as used in expressions)
Persian Gulf War First
Persian Gulf War Second
Greco Persian Wars
Anglo Persian Oil Co. Ltd.

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