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Persian
Etymology
Uncertain. Not found in Middle Persian. A link to Middle Persian 𐭯𐭠𐭫𐭮𐭩 (pʾlsy /Pārs/, “Persia”) is often suggested, with reference to the Zoroastrian notion that the Iranians were the chosen nation of God.[1]
Pronunciation
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pārsā
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pārsā
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pârsâ
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Adjective
پارسا • (pârsâ)
- pious; devout
- abstemious; temperate
- (of a woman) chaste
Noun
پارسا • (pârsâ)
- pious person, saintly person; ascetic
1258, Shaykh Muṣliḥ-ud-Dīn Saʿdī of Shiraz, translated by Wheeler M. Thackston, The Gulistan (Rose Garden) of Sa’di: Bilingual English and Persian Edition with Vocabulary, Bethesda, MD: Ibex Publishers, published 2008, →ISBN, page 52:پارسائی را دیدم بر کنار دریا که زخم پلنگی داشت و بهیچ دارو به نمیشد. مدتها در آن رنجور بود و شکر خدای عزّ وجلّ علیالدوام گفتی.- pārsā'ē rā dīdam bar kinār-i daryā ki zaxm-i palangē dātš u ba hēč dārū bih na-mē-šud. muddat-hā dar ān ranjūr būd u šukr-i xudāy azza wa jalla ala-d-dawām guftē.
- On the seashore I saw a hermit who had a leopard wound that would not heal with any medicine. He had been suffering in pain for a long time, but he still thanked God constantly.
- chaste woman; virtuous woman
Proper noun
پارسا • (pârsâ)
- a male given name, Parsa
References
- ^ Soudavar, Abolala (2010) “The formation of Achaemenid imperial ideology and its impact on the Avesta”, in The World of Achaemenid Persia - History, Art and Society in Iran and the Ancient Near East, London: I. B. Tauris, pages 111—138