Persianistn.
/ˈpəːʃn̩ɪst/, /ˈpəːʒn̩ɪst/, U.S. /ˈpərʒənəst/ An expert in or student of Persian language, culture, etc.
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sinologist1814
Indianist1817
sinologue1821
Americanist1852
Indianologist1859
gypsyologist1863
occidentalist1877
Africanist1880
Japanologist1881
Turcologist1881
tziganologue1884
Indologian1897
Persianist1903
Indologist1904
Tziganologist1909
Hispanist1934
Mayanist1950
Sovietologist1958
Tibetologist1964
1903 Nation (N.Y.) 12 Mar. 212/1 The Arabist, in the rarest of cases, has been a Persianist.
1976 Times Lit. Suppl. 3 Sept. 1077/3 The Russians..began to produce excellent Persianists, Turcologists, Mongolists.
2001 Times Higher Educ. Suppl. (Nexis) 23 Nov. 20 The vogue for postmodernist pyrotechnics is not much help when you really need air-power experts, Persianists and Pashtou speakers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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