Definition of persian

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

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Ahriman :: Ahriman (n.) The Evil Principle or Being of the ancient Persians; the Prince of Darkness as opposer to Ormuzd, the King of Light..
Ormuzd :: Ormuzd (n.) The good principle, or being, of the ancient Persian religion. See Ahriman..
Dram :: Dram (n.) A Persian daric.
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..
Noria :: Noria (n.) A large water wheel, turned by the action of a stream against its floats, and carrying at its circumference buckets, by which water is raised and discharged into a trough; used in Arabia, China, and elsewhere for irrigating land; a Persian wheel..
Persic :: Persic (n.) The Persian language.
Mithras :: Mithras (n.) The sun god of the Persians.
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..
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..
Persian :: Persian (n.) The language spoken in Persia.
Archimagus :: Archimagus (n.) The high priest of the Persian Magi, or worshipers of fire..
Persian :: Persian (n.) A thin silk fabric, used formerly for linings..
Iranian :: Iranian (n.) A native of Iran; also, the Iranian or Persian language, a division of the Aryan family of languages..
Argas :: Argas (n.) A genus of venomous ticks which attack men and animals. The famous Persian Argas, also called Miana bug, is A. Persicus; that of Central America, called talaje by the natives, is A. Talaje..
Kurd :: Kurd (n.) A native or inhabitant of a mountainous region of Western Asia belonging to the Turkish and Persian monarchies.
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..
Khan :: Khan (n.) A king; a prince; a chief; a governor; -- so called among the Tartars, Turks, and Persians, and in countries now or formerly governed by them..
Persian :: Persian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Persia.
Ardassine :: Ardassine (n.) A very fine sort of Persian silk.
Schene :: Schene (n.) An Egyptian or Persian measure of length, varying from thirty-two to sixty stadia..
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