Russian

Proper noun

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

1. Persia (old name of Iran)

Declension

Related terms

• перс ‎(pers)
• персия́нин ‎(persijánin)
• персиянка ‎(persijanka)
• перси́дский ‎(persídskij)

See also

• Ира́н ‎(Irán)

References

• Fasmer, Maks (1964–1973), “перс”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačev O. N., Moscow: Progress