Persia
English
/ˈpɜː(ɹ).ʒə/
proper noun
Definitions
- (historical) The former term referring to Iran in the West. (historical)
- Persia proper (Persis), the land of the ancient Persians, corresponding to modern-day Fars province in southwestern Iran.
- (historical) Territories corresponding to either of the two Persian Empires ruled by dynasties from Persis, specially the first of the two.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Persia derived from Ancient Greek Περσίς (Persia) derived from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (Persia).
Origin
Old Persian
𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿
Gloss
Persia
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Persa Latin
- Persia Latin
- Persiānus Latin
- Πέρσης Ancient Greek
- Περσίς Ancient Greek
- περσέα Ancient Greek
- ペルシア Japanese
- ペルシア語 Japanese
- 波斯 Japanese
- Peirs Irish
- پارسه Persian
- περσικός Greek (modern)
- పర్షియా Telugu
- 波斯 Chinese
- Perzia Slovak
- 𐭯𐭠𐭥𐭮𐭩 Middle Persian
- 𐭯𐭠𐭫𐭮𐭩 Middle Persian
- 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 Old Persian
- پارسه Pashto, Pushto
- پارسیوان Pashto, Pushto