/perr"zheuhn, -sheuhn/ , adj.
1. of or pertaining to ancient and recent Persia (now Iran), its people, or their language.
n.
2. a member of the native peoples of Iran, descended in part from the ancient Iranians.
3. a citizen of ancient Persia.
4. an Iranian language, the principal language of Iran and western Afghanistan, in its historical and modern forms. Cf. Old Persian, Pahlavi, Farsi .
5. Archit. a figure of a man used as a column.
6. Persians . See Persian blinds .
[ 1325-75; PERSI(A) + -AN; r. ME Persien Persisc (see -ISH 1 ) ]