persian

1. Of or relating to Iran or its people or language or culture (synset 303086619)
   "Iranian mountains"; "Iranian security police"
   same as: iranian

1. A native or inhabitant of Iran (synset 109733825)
   "the majority of Irani are Persian Shiite Muslims"
   is a type of: asian, asiatic - a native or inhabitant of Asia
   subtypes: farsi - a person of Iranian descent
   specific instances:

   • artaxerxes, artaxerxes i - king of Persia who sanctioned the practice of Judaism in Jerusalem (?-424 BC)
   • artaxerxes, artaxerxes ii - king of Persia who subdued numerous revolutions and made peace with Sparta (?-359 BC)
   belongs to: iran, islamic republic of iran, persia - a theocratic Islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia; Iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as Persia until 1935; rich in oil
   same as: irani, iranian
2. The language of Persia (Iran) in any of its ancient forms (synset 106986787)
   associated with: noruz, nowrooz, nowruz - (Persian) the new year holiday in Iran and Azerbaijan and Afghanistan and Pakistan and parts of India and among the Kurds; comes at the vernal equinox
   is a type of: iranian, iranian language - the modern Persian language spoken in Iran
   same as: farsi

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