Persians
- plural of Persian.
Example Sentences
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Many of those arrested are ethnic Persians or members of local Shiite communities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 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 Persians used water and flour to make the bread, which was most-likely baked on hot pebbles.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2025
I had seen lots of Persians drink their tea this way—sipping it through a cube of sugar—but I was categorically opposed to sweetening tea in any way.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
