# Persia
## English
### Etymology

From Latin Persia, from Ancient Greek Περσίς (Persís), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /⁠pārsa⁠/).

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈpɜː(ɹ).ʒə/
* (US) IPA: /ˈpɝʒə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (dated) IPA: /ˈpɜː(ɹ)ʃə/

### Proper noun

Persia
* (historical, archaic) The former term referring to Iran in the West.
* Persia proper (Persis), the land of the ancient Persians, corresponding to modern-day Fars province in southwestern Iran.
* (historical, archaic) Territories corresponding to either of the two Persian Empires ruled by dynasties from Persis, especially the first of the two.

#### Synonyms

* Persis

#### Derived terms

* Persian

#### Related terms

* peach
* Farsi

#### Translations

Afrikaans: Persië
Albanian: Persië f, Persia f (definite)
Amharic: ፋርስ (fars)
Arabic: فَارِس (ar) m or f (fāris)
Egyptian Arabic: بلاد فارس f pl (belād fāres), فارس f (fāres)
Armenian: Պարսկաստան (Parskastan)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܦܵܪܸܣ f (paris)
Azerbaijani: Fars
Belarusian: Пе́рсія f (Pjérsija)
Bengali: পারস্য (bn) (parôśśô)
Bulgarian: Пе́рсия f (Pérsija)
Burmese: ပါရှား (pahra:)
Catalan: Pèrsia f
Chechen: Гӏажарийчоь (Ğažariı̇čö)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 波斯 (bo$^1$ si$^1$)
Hokkien: 波斯 (Pho-su)
Mandarin: 波斯 (zh) (Bōsī)
Corsican: Persia f
Czech: Persie (cs) f
Danish: Persien n
Dutch: Perzië (nl) n
Egyptian: (prs)
Esperanto: Persio
Estonian: Pärsia
Finnish: Persia (fi)
French: Perse (fr) f
Middle French: Perse f
Georgian: სპარსეთი (sṗarseti)
German: Persien (de) n
Greek: Περσία (el) f (Persía)
Hawaiian: Pelekia
Hebrew: פָּרָס (he) f (parás)
Hindi: फ़ारस m (fāras), फारस (hi) m (phāras), पारस (hi) m (pāras), पारसीक (hi) m (pārsīk), फ़ारिस m (fāris), फारिस (hi) m (phāris), पर्शिया m (parśiyā)
Hungarian: Perzsia (hu)
Icelandic: Persía f
Indonesian: Persia
Irish: an Pheirs f
Italian: Persia f
Japanese: ペルシア (ja) (Perushia), ペルシャ (ja) (Perusha), 波斯 (ja) (ハルシャ, Harusha) (obsolete), 波斯 (ja) (ハルシア, Harushia) (obsolete)
Kazakh: Парсы (Parsy)
Khmer: ពែរ្ស (pɛɛsɑɑ)
Korean: 페르시아 (ko) (Pereusia), 파사(波斯) (Pasa) (obsolete)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: Fars (ku)
Kurmanji: Faris (ku)
Kyrgyz: Персия (Persiya)
Lao: ເປີເຊຍ (pœ̄ sīa)
Latin: Persia (la) f
Latvian: Persija f
Lithuanian: Persija f
Macedonian: Персија f (Persija)
Malay: Parsi
Manchu: ᠪᠣᠰ (bos)
Maori: Pāhia
Marathi: पर्शिया m (parśiyā)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Перс (Pers)
Mongolian: ᠫᠧᠷᠰ (pērs)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Persia n
Odia: ଶାକ ଦ୍ୱୀପ (or) (śāka dwipa), ପରଶ୍ୟ (or) (paraśya)
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: Перъсида f (Perŭsida)
Old East Slavic: Персида f (Persida), Перъсида f (Perŭsida)
Old English: Persa
Old Norse: Persía f, Persíaland n, Persaland n, Persiða f, Persiðaland n
Ossetian: Перс (Pers)
Ottoman Turkish: فارس (fars)
Pashto: پارسه f (pārsa)
Persian:
Classical Persian: پَارْس (pārs), فَارْس (fārs), پَارْسَه (pārsa)
Iranian Persian: پارْس (pârs), فارْس (fârs), پارْسِه f (pârse)
Middle Persian: 𐭯𐭠𐭫𐭮𐭩 (pʾlsy /⁠pārs⁠/)
Old Persian: 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /⁠pārsa⁠/)
Polish: Persja (pl) f
Portuguese: Pérsia (pt) f
Romanian: Persia (ro) f
Russian: Пе́рсия (ru) f (Pérsija)
Sanskrit: पारसीक (sa) n (pārasīka)
Sardinian: Pèrsia f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Пѐрзија f
Roman: Pèrzija (sh) f
Slovak: Perzia f
Slovene: Perzija (sl) f
Spanish: Persia (es) f
Swedish: Persien (sv) n
Tajik: Порс (Pors), Форс (Fors)
Tamil: பெர்சியா (perciyā)
Tatar: Фарсы (Farsı)
Thai: เปอร์เซีย (th) (bpəə-siia)
Turkish: Fars (tr), Pers (tr)
Turkmen: Persiýa
Ukrainian: Пе́рсія f (Pérsija)
Urdu: فارَس m (fāras), فارِس m (fāris), پَرْشِیا m (parśiyā), پارْس m (pārs)
Uyghur: پارس (pars), پېرسىيە (përsiye)
Uzbek: Fors, Pors, Persiya
Vietnamese: Ba Tư (波斯)
Yiddish: פּערסיע f (persye)
Zhuang: Bohswh :

#### See also

* Wikipedia article on Persis
* Wikipedia article on Iran

### Anagrams

* Pearis, perais, Parise, Paresi, Paries, aspire, spirea, paires, paries, Arispe, praise

## Finnish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Persia.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpersiɑ/, [ˈpe̞rs̠iɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ersiɑ
* Hyphenation: Per‧sia

### Proper noun

Persia
* (historical) Persia

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Persia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Persiani
accusative
nom.
Persiani
gen.
Persiani
genitive
Persiani
partitive
Persiaani
inessive
Persiassani
elative
Persiastani
illative
Persiaani
adessive
Persiallani
ablative
Persialtani
allative
Persialleni
essive
Persianani
translative
Persiakseni
abessive
Persiattani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Persiasi
accusative
nom.
Persiasi
gen.
Persiasi
genitive
Persiasi
partitive
Persiaasi
inessive
Persiassasi
elative
Persiastasi
illative
Persiaasi
adessive
Persiallasi
ablative
Persialtasi
allative
Persiallesi
essive
Persianasi
translative
Persiaksesi
abessive
Persiattasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Persiamme
accusative
nom.
Persiamme
gen.
Persiamme
genitive
Persiamme
partitive
Persiaamme
inessive
Persiassamme
elative
Persiastamme
illative
Persiaamme
adessive
Persiallamme
ablative
Persialtamme
allative
Persiallemme
essive
Persianamme
translative
Persiaksemme
abessive
Persiattamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Persianne
accusative
nom.
Persianne
gen.
Persianne
genitive
Persianne
partitive
Persiaanne
inessive
Persiassanne
elative
Persiastanne
illative
Persiaanne
adessive
Persiallanne
ablative
Persialtanne
allative
Persiallenne
essive
Persiananne
translative
Persiaksenne
abessive
Persiattanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Persiansa
accusative
nom.
Persiansa
gen.
Persiansa
genitive
Persiansa
partitive
Persiaansa
inessive
Persiassaan Persiassansa
elative
Persiastaan Persiastansa
illative
Persiaansa
adessive
Persiallaan Persiallansa
ablative
Persialtaan Persialtansa
allative
Persialleen Persiallensa
essive
Persianaan Persianansa
translative
Persiakseen Persiaksensa
abessive
Persiattaan Persiattansa
instructive
comitative

#### Derived terms

* persialainen
* persianapila
* persiankissa
* Persianlahti
* persianlammas

#### Related terms

* persia

#### See also

* Iran

### Anagrams

* reipas, separi

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɛr.sja/
* Rhymes: -ɛrsja
* Hyphenation: Pèr‧sia

### Proper noun

Persia f
* Persia

#### Related terms

* persiano
* persico

### Anagrams

* apersi, arpesi, espira, paresi, presai, ripesa, saperi, saprei, separi, serpai, sperai, spiare, spierà

## Latin
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek Περσίς (Persís).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈper.si.a/, [ˈpɛrs̠iä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈper.si.a/, [ˈpɛrsiä]

### Proper noun

Persia f sg (genitive Persiae); first declension
* Persia
** c. 197 BCE, Plautus, Persa 4.3.28:Immō ad tē attinent et tuā refert. Nam ex Persiā sunt haec allātae mihi ā meō erō.Why yes, it bears reference to yourself, and it does relate to you. But it has just now been brought me from Persia, from my master.

#### Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

#### Synonyms

* Persis

#### Related terms

* Persa

#### References

* “Persia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “Persia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* Persia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Portuguese
### Proper noun

Persia f
* Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Pérsia.

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpeɾsja/ [ˈpeɾ.sja]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -eɾsja
* Syllabification: Per‧sia

### Proper noun

Persia f
* Persia