Persian

pėr′shi-an, adj. of, from, or relating to Persia , its inhabitants, or language.— n. a native of Persia: the language of Persia: ( arch it. ) male figures used instead of columns to support an entablature—also Per′sic .— Persian apple , the peach; Persian berry , the fruit of several buckthorns; Persian blinds (see Persienne ); Persian wheel , a large wheel for raising water, fixed vertically with a number of buckets at its circumference.