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  2. List of English words of Persian origin - Wikipedia

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    Assassin. The original word in Persian: اساسیان Asaasiaan which is in two parts. 'Asaas' [Arabic for Foundation/God] and 'iaan' [Persian adj. 'committed/plural'] is the common name used to refer to Nizari Ismailis under the leadership of Hassan-i Sabbah who conducted a series of political assassinations.

  3. Ateshgah of Baku - Wikipedia

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    Current tenants. Museum. The Ateshgah of Baku, Azerbaijani: Atəşgah), often called the " Fire Temple of Baku ", is a castle-like religious temple in Surakhany town (in Surakhany raion), [2] a suburb in Baku, Azerbaijan. Based on Iranian and Indian inscriptions, the temple was used as a Hindu, Sikh, and Zoroastrian place of worship.

  4. Early thermal weapons - Wikipedia

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    The Siege and Destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans Under the Command of Titus, A.D. 70, by David Roberts (1850), shows the city burning. Early thermal weapons, which used heat or burning action to destroy or damage enemy personnel, fortifications or territories, were employed in warfare during the classical and medieval periods (approximately the 8th century BC until the mid-16th century AD).

  5. Magi - Wikipedia

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    Magi (PLUR), [a] or magus (SING), [b] is the term for priests in Zoroastrianism and earlier Iranian religions. The earliest known use of the word magi is in the trilingual inscription written by Darius the Great, known as the Behistun Inscription. Old Persian texts, predating the Hellenistic period, refer to a magus as a Zurvanic, and ...

  6. Kebab - Wikipedia

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    İskender kebab. Adana kebap (or kıyma kebabı) is a long, hand-minced meat kebab mounted on a wide iron skewer and grilled over charcoal. Named after the Turkish city of Adana, the kebab is generally "hot" or piquant. The traditional Adana kebab is made using lamb, with a high fatty content cooked over hot coals.

  7. Category:Persian words and phrases - Wikipedia

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    K. Kabab barg. Kalantar (title) Kanarang. Kar-Namag i Ardashir i Pabagan. Khāne-takānī. Khawaja. Khoresh. Khosrow (word)

  8. Chaharshanbe Suri - Wikipedia

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    The Persian name of the festival consists of čahāršanbe (چهارشنبه), the Persian word for Wednesday, and suri (), which has two meanings; it may mean "festive" [2] and it may also mean "scarlet" (in traditional Persian and some current local dialects in Iran), which stems from the reddish theme of fire.

  9. Persian vocabulary - Wikipedia

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    Persian vocabulary. Persian belongs to the Indo-European language family, and many words in modern Persian usage ultimately originate from Proto-Indo-European. The language makes extensive use of word building techniques such as affixation and compounding to derive new words from roots. Persian has also had considerable contact with other ...