پارسی
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Persian
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Persian pʾlsyk' (pārsīg, “Persian”) (Pārs + suffix -īg; "Persian"), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (Pārsa, “Persia”). Compare Old Armenian պարսիկ (parsik).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | pārsī |
| Dari reading? | pārsī |
| Iranian reading? | pârsi |
| Tajik reading? | porsi |
Synonyms
- فارسی (fârsi) (from Arabic)
Noun
| Dari | پارسی |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | порсӣ |
پارسی • (pârsi)
- Persian (language)
- من ایرانی‌ام و زبانم «پارسی» است.
- man irâni am o zabân-am "pârsi" ast.
- I am Iranian and my language is "Persian".
- بسی رنج بردم در این سال سی ـــ عجم زنده کردم بدین پارسی
- basi ranj burdam dar ēn sāl-si -- ajam zinda kardam bad-ēn pârsi
- “I endured much pain and strife during these thirty years -- I breathed life to the Ajam with this Parsi"
- (Can we date this quote by Ferdowsi and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
Urdu
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀧𑀸𑀭𑀲 (pārasa), from Sanskrit पारसिक (pārasika), from Middle Persian 𐭯𐭠𐭫𐭮𐭩' (pʾlsy /Pārs/), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (Pārsa).[1] Cognate with Bengali পারসি (parśi), Gujarati પારસી (pārsī), Marathi पारशी (pārśī), Punjabi پَارْسِی / ਪਾਰਸੀ (pārsī).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /pɑːɾ.siː/
- Rhymes: -iː
- Hyphenation: پَارْ‧سِی
Proper noun
پَارْسِی • (pārsī) f (Hindi spelling पारसी)
- (historical) Persian (language)
Adjective
پَارْسِی • (pārsī) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling पारसी)
- of, or pertaining to, Parsis
- (historical) Persian, Iranian
Noun
پَارْسِی • (pārsī) m (Hindi spelling पारसी)
- Parsi
- (historical) a Persian, Iranian
Declension
| Declension of پارسی | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||||||
| direct | پَارْسِی (pārsī) | پَارْسِی (pārsī) | ||||||
| oblique | پَارْسِی (pārsī) | پَارْسِِیوں (pārsiyõ) | ||||||
| vocative | پَارْسِی (pārsī) | پَارْسِِیو (pārsiyo) | ||||||
References
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pārasika”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 457
Further reading
More information
- “پارسی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “پارسی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “پارسی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 143
- Platts, John T. (1884) “پارسی”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 217
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “پارسی”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 327