Sassanid
noun
Sas·sa·nid sə-ˈsä-nəd 
-ˈsa-;
ˈsa-sə-nəd
variants or Sasanid
: a member of a dynasty of Persian kings of the third to seventh centuries
Sassanid adjective
or Sasanid
Word History
Etymology
New Latin Sassanidae Sassanids, from Sassan, founder of the dynasty
First Known Use
1776, in the meaning defined above