پارسا

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.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [pɑːɾ.ˈsɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɑːɾ.sɑ́ː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɑːɾ.sɑ́ː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰɑːɾ.sɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰɔːɾ.sɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɒːɹ.sɒ́ː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɔɾ.sɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading?	pārsā
Dari reading?	pārsā
Iranian reading?	pârsâ
Tajik reading?	porso

Adjective

پارسا • (pârsâ)

1. pious; devout
2. abstemious; temperate
3. (of a woman) chaste

Noun

پارسا • (pârsâ)

1. 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.

     (Classical Persian romanization)

2. chaste woman; virtuous woman

Proper noun

پارسا • (pârsâ)

1. a male given name, Parsa