Persian

Persian may refer to:

• People and things from Iran, historically called Persia in the English language
  • Persian people, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
  • Persian language, an Iranian language of the Indo-European family, native language of ethnic Persians
    • Persian alphabet, a writing system based on the Perso-Arabic script
• People and things from the historical Persian Empire

Other uses

• Persian mythology, traditional legends and stories originally told by ancient Persians and other Iranian peoples
• Persian carpet, is a heavy textile made for a wide variety of utilitarian and symbolic purposes
• Persian literature, oral compositions and written texts in the Persian language
• Persian miniature, small Persian painting on paper
• Persian architecture, architecture of Iran and parts of the rest of West Asia, the Caucasus and Central Asia
• Persian art, one of the richest art heritages in world history
• Persian mysticism, Cosmology, philosophy and theology of historical persia and contemporary Iran
• Persian cat, a long-haired breed of cat characterized by its round face and shortened muzzle
• Persian music, various types of the music of Iran
• Persian metres, patterns of long and short syllables in Persian poetry
• Persian dance, ethnic folk dance tradition
• Persian blue, blue colour associated with Persian pottery
• Persian gulf, a mediterranean sea in Western Asia
• Persian (roll), a pastry native to Thunder Bay, Ontario
• The Persian, a character from Gaston Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera
• Persian, a fictional Pokémon species

See also

• Persia (disambiguation)
• Farsi (disambiguation)
• Parsi (disambiguation)
• Iranian (disambiguation)
• Alpha Indi, star also known as "The Persian"
• Parrotia persica, the Persian ironwood tree
• Persian melon, an orange-fleshed melon, Cucumis melo
• List of Persia-related topics
• List of Persian-language poets and authors