n.
Variant: or Sa · sa · nid
Pronunciation: s ə - ' sä-n ə d, - ' sa-; ' sa-s ə -n ə d
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin Sassanidae Sassanids, from Sassan, founder of the dynasty
Date: 1776
: a member of a dynasty of Persian kings of the third to seventh centuries
– Sassanid or Sasanid adjective