A cat with long silky tawny to white hair.
Persian cats can be pricy.
by Saints October 19, 2003
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A race of people known as the original "Aryans". Persian refers to someone from Persia; or modern day Iran. Located in central Asia, Iran is the only non-Arab, non-semetic country in the middle-east. The country's name was changed during the reign of The Shah, (during WWII) at Hitlers advisement that it was better suited, meaning "Land of the Aryans". Hitler had close ties to Iran and regarded the Shah a close friend and ally. Through his many excavations researching Aryan history and genetics, he had come to learn that the persians (i.e. Iranians) were very much Aryan, and interestingly, a race much similar to the Germans. Since the overthrowing of the shah in 1979, The Persian Gov't. has been under the siege of islamic rule, and its people imprisoned within its religous dictates...
The persian population in vast majority stands divided against an Islamic/Muslim rule, and remain hopeful that the day is near when they can finally close the chapter once and for all on this gray, and oppressive period in their history...
The persian community is strongly opposed to an Islamic/Arab Gov't.
by Roxy88 March 16, 2006
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An INDO-EUROPEAN people who rejected paganism for Islam rather than Christianity. Nowadays Iran is just that one place in the middle east that hates terrorists. (Seemingly unknown to America )
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-One of the oldest languages. An Indo-European language driven from Avestan and Sanskrit.
-Also referred to a person who speaks the modern Persian, also known as Parsi or Farsi.
-Also race of the royal cats, with long hair, usually white, short legs and elegant noises. Persian Cat is originally comes from Iran(former Persia).
-Persian people may have very variant complication depend on what part of the country they originally come from: The Persians from the north (Caspian coast) tend to have a fair complication with blond or light/mild brown hair and blue/green/hazzle eyes, Persians from central regions normally have fair skin and dark hair, Persians from the south and south east usually have olive complication. becaue the climate differes radicly from the extrem cold in the north to extrem heat in the south. very moist in northen forests and very dry in central desert.
There are more poems in Persian than any other languages in the world. And Iran has more poets than any other nation, even China.
by Sam December 15, 2003
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1. An ethnic group who form the ethnic majority in the modern-day Islamic Republic of Iran (they make up about 51% of the country's population). They are also found in significant numbers in the UK, India and Gulf States, such as the United Arab Emirates.

2. A language traditionally spoken as a first language by Persians (see definition 1) as well as by Tajiks and the Hazara people of Afghanistan. Also known as Farsi, Parsi and Dari.

3. Before 1935, Iran was known as "Persia". When there was a country called Persia, its adjective was "Persian" and its citizens (regardless of ethnicity) were known as "Persians". Some people still falsely use the word in this way, in relation to the Islamic Republic of Iran.

4. A domestic breed of cat, notable for its long fur.

5. World-renowned rugs and carpets, exported from Iran to the rest of the world.
The Persian Empire, under various guises, existed from 728BCE until 1187CE. For much of its existence, it dominated Central Asia and was hugely influential upon the Islamic World.
by HallOfMirrors June 6, 2009
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people that hark from the country of Iran.

their men are often very hairy.

they often feel alienated because their country is surrounded by arabs, and their country is being run like an arab country, and when they leave their country, they are often mistaken for arabs. when the fact of the matter is that persians hate arabs probably more than any other race on the face of the planet.
non-persian: "Yo, take off your sweater, man, aren't you hot?"
persian: "i'm not wearing a sweater..."
non-persian: "what a persian you are"
by Ingrid Bertlebee August 22, 2003
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