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n. - The language of an empire in southern Asia created by Cyrus the Great in the 6th century BC and destroyed by Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC

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  • The majority of Irani are Persian Shiite Muslims
  • Pluralization in Persian is rather uniform, while in Pashto it is far more irregular.
  • The term Persian, as applied both to the people and their language, has now a wider significance than it originally bore.
  • Ali the Persian is a rollicking tale of fun from some
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