A Persian name, or an Iranian name, consists of a given name (Persian: نام Nâm), sometimes more than one, and a surname (نام خانوادگی). Since the Muslim...
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Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Jan (Persian: جان, romanized: jān, pronounced [dʒɑːn]) or jaan is name of Persian origin meaning for 'soul' or 'life',...
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The Persian Gulf naming dispute concerns the gulf known historically and internationally as the Persian Gulf, after Persia (the Western exonym for Iran)...
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contains Persian text. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. The Persian alphabet (Persian: الفبای فارسی...
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rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. Persians (/ˈpɜːrʒənz/ PUR-zhənz or /ˈpɜːrʃənz/ PUR-shənz) are an Iranic ethnic group...
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This article contains Persian text. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. Persian (/ˈpɜːrʒən, -ʃən/ PUR-zhən...
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The Persian cat, also known as the Persian Longhair, is a long-haired breed of cat characterised by a round face and short muzzle. The first documented...
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The Persian is a major character from the 1910 Gaston Leroux novel The Phantom of the Opera. In the book, he is the one who tells most of the background...
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Persianization (/ˌpɜːrʒəˌnaɪˈzeɪʃən/) or Persification (/ˌpɜːrsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/; Persian: پارسیسازی), is a sociological process of cultural change in which...
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Modern Persian, the official language of Iran (also known as Persia), Afghanistan (Dari) and Tajikistan (Tajik). "Middle Iranian" is the name given to...
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The Persian Gulf (Persian: خلیج فارس, romanized: xalij-e fârs, lit. 'Gulf of Fars', pronounced [xæliːdʒe fɒːɾs]), sometimes called the Arabian Gulf (Arabic:...
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Old Persian is one of two directly attested Old Iranian languages (the other being Avestan) and is the ancestor of Middle Persian (the language of the...
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mythology, or Persian mythology in western term (Persian: اسطورهشناسی ایرانی), is the body of the myths originally told by ancient Persians and other Iranian...
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Ramin (redirect from Ramin (Persian Name))
Rāmin (Persian: رامین), is a Persian masculine given name of Zoroastrian origin. It is also an occasional surname. Notable people with the name include:...
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The Persians (Ancient Greek: Πέρσαι, Persai, Latinised as Persae) is an ancient Greek tragedy written during the Classical period of Ancient Greece by...
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Persian pink, Persian rose, Persian red, Persian orange and Persian green. The color Persian blue is named from the blue color of some Persian pottery and...
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Persian wine, also called May (Persian: می), Mul (Persian: مل), and Bâdah (باده), is a cultural symbol and tradition in Iran, and has a significant presence...
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Persian lime (Citrus × latifolia), also known by other common names such as seedless lime, Bearss lime and Tahiti lime, is a citrus fruit species of hybrid...
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Persian red as a color name in English was in 1895. Other colors associated with Persia include Persian pink, Persian rose, Persian orange, Persian blue...
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name meaning hope (هانا), a Persian name meaning flower (حَنا) and an Arabic name meaning "bliss" (هَناء). As a Japanese name, it is usually translated...
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Achaemenid Empire (redirect from Persian empire)
or Achaemenian Empire, also known as the Persian Empire or First Persian Empire (/əˈkiːmənɪd/; Old Persian: 𐎧𐏁𐏂, Xšāça, lit. 'The Empire' or 'The...
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Persian astronomy or Iranian astronomy refers to the astronomy in ancient Persian history. Ancient Persians celebrated the vernal equinox, summer solstice...
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include Persian pink, Persian rose, Persian orange, Persian red and Persian blue. The color Persian green is named from the green color of some Persian pottery...
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features. Other everyday usage names are: Doll Face Persian, Classic Persian, Old Fashioned Persian, Long-nosed Persian, Old-style Longhair, Traditional...
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The Persian Princess or Persian Mummy is a mummy of an alleged Persian princess who surfaced in Pakistani Baluchistan in October 2000. After considerable...
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of Caryanda who explored the Indus river for the Persian emperor probably took over the Persian name and passed it into Greek. The terms Indos for the...
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Greater Iran (redirect from Persian Cultural Continent)
contains Persian text. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. Greater Iran or Greater Persia (Persian: ایران...
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adoption of the name. There are two theories as to its origin. According to one version, Daria is the female variant of the Persian name Darius (via Latin...
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Persian Lessons (Russian: Уроки фарси, German: Persischstunden) is a 2020 German-Russian-Belarusian historical drama film directed by Vadim Perelman....
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Zurvanism (redirect from Zurvan (Persian god))
The name Zurvan is a normalized rendition of the word, which in Middle Persian appears as either Zurvān, Zruvān or Zarvān. The Middle Persian name derives...
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