Read Edit View history 波斯 bōsī Persia Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 波斯 bōsī Persia proper noun Persia; old name for 伊朗 yīlǎng in Western Asia 伊朗以前就叫波斯。 yīlǎng yǐqián jiù jiào bōsī. Iran was formerly called Persia. god of candle-making The patron god of candle makers and merchants, traditionally said to be a woodcutter who discovered wax Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 6.02 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 2.63 per million Cross-References See 伊朗回教共和国 yīlǎnghuíjiàogònghéguóReferenced by 波斯猫 bōsīmāo伊朗伊斯兰共和国 yīlǎngyīsīlángònghéguó Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
波斯 bōsī Persia proper noun Persia; old name for 伊朗 yīlǎng in Western Asia 伊朗以前就叫波斯。 yīlǎng yǐqián jiù jiào bōsī. Iran was formerly called Persia. god of candle-making The patron god of candle makers and merchants, traditionally said to be a woodcutter who discovered wax Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 6.02 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 2.63 per million Cross-References See 伊朗回教共和国 yīlǎnghuíjiàogònghéguóReferenced by 波斯猫 bōsīmāo伊朗伊斯兰共和国 yīlǎngyīsīlángònghéguó Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)