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Magi :: Magi (n. pl.) A caste of priests, philosophers, and magicians, among the ancient Persians; hence, any holy men or sages of the East..

Shiraz :: Shiraz (n.) A kind of Persian wine; -- so called from the place whence it is brought.

Aryan :: Aryan (n.) One of a primitive people supposed to have lived in prehistoric times, in Central Asia, east of the Caspian Sea, and north of the Hindoo Koosh and Paropamisan Mountains, and to have been the stock from which sprang the Hindoo, Persian, Greek, Latin, Celtic, Teutonic, Slavonic, and other races; one of that ethnological division of mankind called also Indo-European or Indo-Germanic..

Zend :: Zend (n.) Properly, the translation and exposition in the Huzv/resh, or literary Pehlevi, language, of the Avesta, the Zoroastrian sacred writings; as commonly used, the language (an ancient Persian dialect) in which the Avesta is written..

Persian :: Persian (n.) See Persian columns, under Persian, a..

Persian :: Persian (a.) Of or pertaining to Persia, to the Persians, or to their language..

Dram :: Dram (n.) A Persian daric.

Xanthorhamnin :: Xanthorhamnin (n.) A glucoside extracted from Persian berries as a yellow crystalline powder, used as a dyestuff..

Schene :: Schene (n.) An Egyptian or Persian measure of length, varying from thirty-two to sixty stadia..

Persian :: Persian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Persia.

Parsee :: Parsee (n.) One of the adherents of the Zoroastrian or ancient Persian religion, descended from Persian refugees settled in India; a fire worshiper; a Gheber..

Kerana :: Kerana (n.) A kind of long trumpet, used among the Persians..

Sanskrit :: Sanskrit (n.) The ancient language of the Hindoos, long since obsolete in vernacular use, but preserved to the present day as the literary and sacred dialect of India. It is nearly allied to the Persian, and to the principal languages of Europe, classical and modern, and by its more perfect preservation of the roots and forms of the primitive language from which they are all descended, is a most important assistance in determining their history and relations. Cf. Prakrit, and Veda..

Tiara :: Tiara (n.) A form of headdress worn by the ancient Persians. According to Xenophon, the royal tiara was encircled with a diadem, and was high and erect, while those of the people were flexible, or had rims turned over..

Kurd :: Kurd (n.) A native or inhabitant of a mountainous region of Western Asia belonging to the Turkish and Persian monarchies.

Cuniform :: Cuniform (n.) The wedge-shaped characters used in ancient Persian and Assyrian inscriptions.

Lilac :: Lilac (n.) A shrub of the genus Syringa. There are six species, natives of Europe and Asia. Syringa vulgaris, the common lilac, and S. Persica, the Persian lilac, are frequently cultivated for the fragrance and beauty of their purplish or white flowers. In the British colonies various other shrubs have this name..

Persism :: Persism (n.) A Persian idiom.

Archimagus :: Archimagus (n.) The high priest of the Persian Magi, or worshipers of fire..

Bulbul :: Bulbul (n.) The Persian nightingale (Pycnonotus jocosus). The name is also applied to several other Asiatic singing birds, of the family Timaliidae. The green bulbuls belong to the Chloropsis and allied genera..

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