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Russian
Etymology
From перс (pers, “Persian”) under influence of Latin Persia. Displaced Old East Slavic Персида (Persida, “Persia”) (> перси́дский (persídskij)).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Пе́рсия • (Pérsija) f inan (genitive Пе́рсии, nominative plural Пе́рсии, genitive plural Пе́рсий)
- 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