Persianizingadj.
/ˈpəːʃn̩ʌɪzɪŋ/, /ˈpəːʒn̩ʌɪzɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpərʒəˌnaɪzɪŋ/ That takes on or produces Persian characteristics or attributes.
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1816 Monthly Rev. 79 193 The Pythagoreans, as the Persianizing Greeks were called.
1929 E. I. Robson Alexander iii. 71 The Pages were a body to be reckoned with..and resented Alexander's ‘Persianizing’ ways.
1992 Eng. Today Apr. 35/1 The variant English spelling Allaho akbar. This probably reflects a Persian, Persianizing, or Persianophile source, in which the Arabic nominative -u is realized as -o.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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