persa
Portuguese
/ˈpɛɹ.sɐ/, /ˈpɛɻ.sa/, /ˈpɛɾ.sɐ/
noun
Definitions
- Persian member of ethnic group native to the Iranian plateau
- Iranian person from Iran
- (uncountable) Persian; Farsi national language of Iran
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Persa 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
- Persia English
- Persa Latin
- Persia Latin
- perzsa Hungarian
- persa Italian
- persa Spanish, Castilian
- Πέρσης Ancient Greek
- Περσίς Ancient Greek
- περσέα Ancient Greek
- persa Esperanto
- persa Catalan, Valencian
- persa Galician
- پارسه Persian
- περσικός Greek (modern)
- 波斯 Chinese
- 𐭯𐭠𐭥𐭮𐭩 Middle Persian
- 𐭯𐭠𐭫𐭮𐭩 Middle Persian
- 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 Old Persian
- پارسه Pashto, Pushto
- پارسیوان Pashto, Pushto