Persian
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Persian/ˈpɜːʃn/
▶noun
- 1 a native or national of ancient or modern Persia (or Iran), or a person of Persian descent.
- 2 the language of modern Iran, an Indo-European language written in Arabic script.
■ an earlier form of this language spoken in ancient or medieval Persia.
- 3 a long-haired domestic cat of a breed originating in Persia, having a broad round head and stocky body.
'Persian' also found in these Oxford entries:
Arabic
- Babism
- Dari
- dragoman
- exchequer
- Farsi
- Iranian
- Mithraism
- Old Persian
- Parsee
- peach
- peri
- Persian blue
- Persian carpet
- Persian lamb
- Qatari
- satrap
- Tajik
