પારસી
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Prakrit 𑀧𑀸𑀭𑀲 (pārasa), from Sanskrit पारसिक (pārasika), from Middle Persian 𐭯𐭠𐭫𐭮𐭩' (pʾlsy /Pārs/), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (Pārsa).[1] Doublet of ફારસ (phāras). Cognate with Bengali পারসি (parśi), Hindustani پَارْسِی / पारसी (pārsī), Marathi पारशी (pārśī), Punjabi پَارْسِی / ਪਾਰਸੀ (pārsī).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Gujarati) IPA(key): /ˈpɑɾ.si/
- Rhymes: -i
- Hyphenation: પાર‧સી
Proper noun
[edit]પારસી • (pārsī) f
- Middle Persian
- Avestan
- Pahlavi (a writing system used to write several Iranian languages.)
- A non Indo-Aryan language such as Santali.
- The variety of Gujarati spoken by the Parsis in India.
Adjective
[edit]પારસી • (pārsī) (indeclinable)
- Of, or pertaining to, the Zoroastrian community of the Indian subcontinent
- (historical) Of, from, or pertaining to Persia, its people or the language
Noun
[edit]પારસી • (pārsī) m (feminine પારસણ)
- Parsi (a member of an Indian Zoroastrian community)
- 2022 October, “ગુજરાત વિધાનસભા ચૂંટણી : 'પારસીને ટિકિટ આપશું તો વોટ ક્યાંથી લાવશે?', પારસીઓની શું અપેક્ષા છે?”, in BBC News Gujarati:
- શાળાનાં પાઠ્યપુસ્તકોમાં આપણે દૂધમાં સાકરની જેમ ભળી જવું શબ્દપ્રયોગ સાંભળતાં આવ્યા છીએ અને તેને ઘણી વાર પારસીઓના સંદર્ભમાં પણ વપરાય છે.
- śāḷānā̃ pāṭhyapustakomā̃ āpaṇe dūdhmā̃ sākarnī jem bhaḷī javũ śabdaprayog sā̃bhaḷtā̃ āvyā chīe ane tene ghaṇī vār pārsīonā sandarbhamā̃ paṇ vaprāya che.
- In school textbooks, we often come across the idiom 'like sugar in milk,' which is often used in reference to Parsis.
- (historical) Persian (a person from Persia)
Synonyms
[edit]- (Middle Persian, Pahlavi): પહેલવી (pahelvī)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pārasika”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 457
Further reading
[edit]- ભગવતસિંહ [bhagvatsĩh] (1944) “પારસી”, in ભગવદ્ગોમંડલ [bhagvadgomaṇḍal], India, page 5581.
- “પારસી”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
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