# persa
## Catalan
### Etymology

From persà, from Latin Persa, Persēs, from Ancient Greek Περσίς (Persís), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /⁠Pārsa⁠/, “Persia”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈpɛr.sə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈpɛɾ.sa]

### Adjective

persa m or f (masculine and feminine plural perses)
* Persian (pertaining to Persia or the Persian people)
    Synonym: persà
* Persian (pertaining to the Persian language)

### Noun

persa m or f by sense (plural perses)
* Persian (an inhabitant of Persia or a member of the Persian people)

### Noun

persa m (uncountable)
* Persian (an Indo-Aryan language used primarily in Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan)

#### Synonyms

* persà

#### Hyponyms

The three standard dialects:
* persa occidental, farsi
* persa oriental, dari
* tadjik
Other local dialects:
* aimaq
* darwazi
* dehwari
* hazaragi
* pahlavani

#### Derived terms

* persa antic (“Old Persian”)
* persa clàssic (“Classical Persian”)
* persa mitjà (“Middle Persian”)
* persa modern (“Modern Persian”)
* persa occidental (“Western Persian”)
* persa oriental (“Eastern Persian”)

### See also

* bukharic
* dzhidi

## Esperanto
### Etymology

perso +‎ -a

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: [ˈpersa]
* Rhymes: -ersa
* Hyphenation: per‧sa

### Adjective

persa (accusative singular persan, plural persaj, accusative plural persajn)
* Persian (of or pertaining to the Persian people or their language)
* Persian (of the Persian breed of cats) (of cats)

## Galician
### Etymology

From Latin Persa, Persēs, from Ancient Greek Περσίς (Persís), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /⁠Pārsa⁠/, “Persia”).

### Adjective

persa m or f (plural persas)
* Persian
    Synonym: persiano

### Noun

persa m or f by sense (plural persas)
* Persian (person)

### Noun

persa m (uncountable)
* Persian (language)
    Synonym: parsi

#### Synonyms

* persiano

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɛr.sa/
* Rhymes: -ɛrsa
* Hyphenation: pèr‧sa

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin Persa, Persēs, from Ancient Greek Πέρσης (Pérsēs), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /⁠Pārsa⁠/, “Persia”).

#### Noun

persa m or f by sense (masculine plural persi, feminine plural perse)
* (archaic, literary) Persian (someone from Persia)
    Synonym: persiano
** 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XIX, pages 352–353, lines 112–117:Che poran dir li Perse a’ vostri regi, ¶ come vedranno quel volume aperto ¶ nel qual si scrivon tutti suoi dispregi? ¶ Lì si vedrà, tra l’opere d’Alberto, ¶ quella che tosto moverà la penna, ¶ per che ’l regno di Praga fia diserto.What to your kings may not the Persians say, when they that volume opened shall behold in which are written down all their dispraises? There shall be seen, among the deeds of Albert, that which ere long shall set the pen in motion, for which the realm of Prague shall be deserted.
** 1807, Ugo Foscolo, Dei Sepolcri‎, Molini, Landi e comp., published 1809, page 16:un Nume […] nutría contro a’ Persi in Maratona […] la virtù Greca e l'ira.In Marathon, against the Persians, a deity was feeding the Greeks' virtue and rage.

#### Adjective

persa (masculine plural persi, feminine plural perse)
* (archaic, literary) Persian

### Etymology 2

From Latin persea (“sebesten tree”), from Ancient Greek περσέα (perséa).

#### Alternative forms

* persia

#### Noun

persa f (plural perse) (regional)
* Synonym of maggiorana (“marjoram”)

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Participle

persa f sg
* feminine singular of perso

#### Adjective

persa f sg
* feminine singular of perso

### Further reading

* persa in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* Serpa, Sprea, aspre, parse, presa, raspe, saper, serpa, spare, spera

## Middle Irish
### Etymology

From Old Irish persan, from Latin persōna.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpʲer͈sə/

### Noun

persa f (genitive persan)
* person, individual
* (grammar) person

#### Synonyms

* duine

#### Derived terms

* persanda

#### Descendants

* Irish: pearsa
* Scottish Gaelic: pearsa

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin Persa, Persēs, from Ancient Greek Περσίς (Persís), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /⁠Pārsa⁠/, “Persia”). Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese perssião.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈpɛʁ.sɐ/ [ˈpɛh.sɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈpɛʁ.sɐ/ [ˈpɛh.sɐ]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ˈpɛɾ.sɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈpɛʁ.sɐ/ [ˈpɛχ.sɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈpɛɻ.sa/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈpɛɾ.sɐ/
* Hyphenation: per‧sa

### Noun

persa m or f by sense (plural persas)
* Persian (member of ethnic group native to the Iranian plateau)
    Synonym: persiano
* Iranian (person from Iran)
    Synonym: iraniano

### Noun

persa m (plural persas)
* (uncountable) Persian; Farsi (national language of Iran)
    Synonyms: farsi, iraniano

### Adjective

persa m or f (plural persas, not comparable)
* Persian (of Persia)
    Synonyms: pérseo, persiano, pérsico
* Iranian (of Iran)
    Synonym: iraniano
* Persian (of the Persian language)

#### Related terms

* Perseu
* Pérsia
* persiana

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Persa, Persēs, from Ancient Greek Πέρσης (Pérsēs), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /⁠Pārsa⁠/).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpeɾsa/ [ˈpeɾ.sa]
* Rhymes: -eɾsa
* Syllabification: per‧sa

### Adjective

persa m or f (masculine and feminine plural persas)
* Persian (of, from, or pertaining to Persia)

#### Derived terms

* gacela persa
* gato persa
* trébol persa

### Noun

persa m or f by sense (plural persas)
* Persian (native or inhabitant of Persia)

### Noun

persa m (uncountable)
* Persian (language)
    Su padre es de Teherán, pero no empezó a aprender persa hasta este año.His/her father is from Tehran, but he/she didn't start to learn Persian until this year.

#### Derived terms

* persa antiguo (“Old Persian”)
* persa medio
* persa nuevo

### Further reading

* “persa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10