Персия

See also: Персія

Russian

Etymology

From перс (pers, Persian) under influence of Latin Persia. Displaced Old East Slavic Персида (Persida, Persia) (> перси́дский (persídskij)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpʲersʲɪjə]

Proper noun

Пе́рсия • (Pérsija) f inan (genitive Пе́рсии, nominative plural Пе́рсии, genitive plural Пе́рсий)

  1. Persia (former name of Iran, a country in Western Asia)

Declension

See also

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “перс”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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