Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

persia

/ˈpɝʒə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.36 in modern English

Syllables: per-sia
IPA: /ˈpɝʒə/

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Iran, a country in West Asia.

name

Persia proper (Persis), the land of the ethnic Persians, corresponding to the modern-day Fars province in southwestern Iran.

name

The territories of any of the various Persian Empires or other polities ruled by dynasties from Persis.

Etymology

Etymology tree Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /⁠pārsa⁠/)bor. Ancient Greek Πέρσης (Pérsēs)bor. Latin Persēs/Persa Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin Persiabor. English Persia Borrowed from Latin Persia, itself derived from Persēs/Persa (“Persian man”) + -ia (suffix forming country names), literally “land of the Persians”, with the first element borrowed by Latin from Ancient Greek Πέρσης (Pérsēs), itself borrowed from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /⁠pārsa⁠/).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: Πέρσης, 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿
Suffix: -ia

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈpɝʒə/
British English: /ˈpɜː.ʒə/

Derived Forms

Persian

Phrases

Imperial State of Persia Persia proper

Frequently Paired Words

peach Farsi

Synonyms

Persis

Questions

How do you pronounce persia?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɝʒə/.
What does persia mean?: Iran, a country in West Asia.
Where does persia come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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