Persians
- plural of Persian.
Example Sentences
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Persians, Parsis, Kurds, Armenians, Azerbaijanis, Tajiks, Kazakhs, Uzbeks and other cultures celebrate the festival and have their own traditions surrounding it.
From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2026
Kurds, while mostly Sunni, share cultural and linguistic affinities with Persians and have historically had less friction with the Iranian state than with fellow Kurds in Iraq and Turkey.
From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 2026
Persians, Jews, Christians, Muslims, Zoroastrians, Baha’is and those of every background were entitled to live in peace.
From Salon ● Jan. 22, 2026
The directive designates Turks as the “original” people of modern-day Turkey, which has been inhabited by successions of people throughout history—including Hurrians, Greeks, Armenians, Persians and Kurds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025
I thought about that: How back home, all Persians—even Fractional Persians like me and Laleh—were united in our Persian-ness.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
