<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Of or relating to ancient and recent Persia (now Iran), its people, or their language.</li><li>Of or relating to the Iranian languages.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A member of the native peoples of Iran, descended in part from the ancient Iranians.</li><li>A citizen of ancient Persia.</li><li>An Iranian language, the principal language of Iran and western Afghanistan, in its historical and modern forms.<ul><li>Compare Old Persian, Pahlavi, Farsi.</li></ul></li><li>A figure of a man used as a column.</li><li>Persians.</li><li>Persian blinds.</li></ul>