Parsi

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɑːsiː/
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• General-American: /ˈpɑɹsiː/
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• rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)si
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• CMU ARPABET: P AA1 R S IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Gujarati પારસી (pārsī), "as the Gujaratis, from long tradition, called anyone from Iran", in turn derived from Prakrit 𑀧𑀸𑀭𑀲 (pārasa), from Sanskrit पारसि (pārasi), पारसिक (pārasika), from Middle Persian 𐭯𐭠𐭫𐭮𐭩' (pʾlsy /Pārs/), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (Pārsa). Also influenced by Classical Persian پَارْسِی (pārsī). The Indian term is attested many centuries prior to the arrival of the Parsis on the Indian subcontinent, and appears both for Iranians generally, as well as in the specific Iranian sense of Middle Persian pʾlsyk' (/⁠pārsī(k/g)⁠/, “of, or pertaining to, Persia proper"”) to refer to Sassanian kings, e.g. in the 4th-century Mahabharata. The Indian term is thus conventionally assumed to be ultimately a loanword from Middle Persian (or general Middle Iranian) pʾlsyk' (/⁠pārsī(k/g)⁠/, “of, or pertaining to, Persia proper"”). In colonial times, the term was also applied to the Portuguese, and by extension to Europeans in general. Older texts have Sanskrit पारसस्य (pārasasya, “Perso-Iranian”), etc. Other Iranian ethnonyms found in the Mahābhārata include पह्लव (pahlava), पह्नव (pahnava, “Parthian(s)”), शक (śaka, “(eastern) Scythian(s)”), बाह्लिक (bāhlika, “Bactrian(s)”).

Borrowed from Classical Persian پَارْسِی (pārsī). By surface analysis, Pars + -i.

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 帕西 (Pàxī) — of, or pertaining to, the larger and older Zoroastrian community of the Indian subcontinent
• German: parsisch — of, or pertaining to, the larger and older Zoroastrian community of the Indian subcontinent
• Gujarati: પારસી (pārsī) — of, or pertaining to, the larger and older Zoroastrian community of the Indian subcontinent
• Hindi: पारसी (pārsī) — of, or pertaining to, the larger and older Zoroastrian community of the Indian subcontinent
• Norwegian Bokmål: parsisk — of, or pertaining to, the larger and older Zoroastrian community of the Indian subcontinent
• Norwegian Nynorsk: parsisk — of, or pertaining to, the larger and older Zoroastrian community of the Indian subcontinent
• Odia: ପାରସୀ (pārasi) — of, or pertaining to, the larger and older Zoroastrian community of the Indian subcontinent
• Odia: ପାରଶୀ (pāraśi) — of, or pertaining to, the larger and older Zoroastrian community of the Indian subcontinent
• Polish: parsyjski — of, or pertaining to, the larger and older Zoroastrian community of the Indian subcontinent
• Persian: پَارْسِی (pārsī) — Persian — see also Persian
• Dari: پَارْسِی (pārsī) — Persian — see also Persian
• Iranian Persian: پارْسی (pârsi) — Persian — see also Persian
• Tajik: порсӣ (porsi) — Persian — see also Persian
• Ottoman Turkish: پارسی (parsi) — Persian — see also Persian
• Bengali: পারসিক (parśik) — member of the larger and older Zoroastrian community of the Indian subcontinent
• Chinese Cantonese: 巴斯人 (baa1 si1 jan4) — member of the larger and older Zoroastrian community of the Indian subcontinent
• Chinese Mandarin: 帕西人 (Pàxīrén) — member of the larger and older Zoroastrian community of the Indian subcontinent
• German: Parse — member of the larger and older Zoroastrian community of the Indian subcontinent
• German: Parsin — member of the larger and older Zoroastrian community of the Indian subcontinent
• Gujarati: પારસી (pārsī) — member of the larger and older Zoroastrian community of the Indian subcontinent
• Hindi: पारसी (pārsī) — member of the larger and older Zoroastrian community of the Indian subcontinent
• Indonesian: Parsi — member of the larger and older Zoroastrian community of the Indian subcontinent
• Italian: parsi — member of the larger and older Zoroastrian community of the Indian subcontinent
• Norwegian Bokmål: parser — member of the larger and older Zoroastrian community of the Indian subcontinent
• Norwegian Nynorsk: parsar — member of the larger and older Zoroastrian community of the Indian subcontinent
• Odia: ପାରସୀ (pārasi) — member of the larger and older Zoroastrian community of the Indian subcontinent
• Odia: ପାରଶୀ (pāraśi) — member of the larger and older Zoroastrian community of the Indian subcontinent
• Persian: پَارْسِی (pârsi) — member of the larger and older Zoroastrian community of the Indian subcontinent
• Polish: Pars — member of the larger and older Zoroastrian community of the Indian subcontinent
• Polish: Parsanka — member of the larger and older Zoroastrian community of the Indian subcontinent
• Russian: парс (pars) — member of the larger and older Zoroastrian community of the Indian subcontinent
• Urdu: پَارْسِی (pārsī) — member of the larger and older Zoroastrian community of the Indian subcontinent