Parsi

parsi English Pronunciation en /ˈpɑːsiː/ RP en /ˈpɑɹsiː/ GA en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sumxr-Parsi.wav US en ɑː(ɹ)si 2 Etymology 1 en gu પારસી, "as the Gujaratis, from long tradition, called anyone from Iran",Mary Boyce, Zoroastrians: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices (London: Routledge, 1979), page 157 in turn en pra 𑀧𑀸𑀭𑀲 1, from en sa पारसि, sa पारसिक, from en pal 𐭯𐭠𐭫𐭮𐭩' pʾlsy /Pārs/, from en peo 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 Pārsa.pārasika 8108 457 Hinnells, John & Williams, Alan (2007). Parsis in India and the Diaspora. London: Routledge.Williams, Alan (2009). The Zoroastrian Myth of Migration from Iran and Settlement in the Indian Diaspora. Leiden: Brill. Also influenced by en fa-cls پَارْسِی. 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 en pal pʾlsyk' pārsī(k/g) of, or pertaining to, Persia proper" to refer to Sasanian 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) pal 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 sa पारसस्य Perso-Iranian, etc. Other Iranian ethnonyms found in the Mahābhārata include sa पह्लव, sa पह्नव Parthian(s), sa शक (eastern) Scythian(s), sa बाह्लिक Bactrian(s). Alternative forms en Parsee en Passee Pausee obsolete Noun A member of the larger and older of the two Zoroastrian communities of the Indian subcontinent (the other community being that of the Iranis). Translations member of the larger and older Zoroastrian community of the Indian subcontinent Bengali: bn পারসিক Chinese: Cantonese: yue 巴斯人 baa1 si1 jan4 Mandarin: cmn 帕西人 Pàxīrén German: de Parse m, de Parsin f Gujarati: gu પારસી m Hindi: hi पारसी m Indonesian: id Parsi Italian: it parsi mfbysense Norwegian: Bokmål: nb parser m Nynorsk: nn parsar m Odia: or ପାରସୀ, or ପାରଶୀ Persian: fa پَارْسِی pârsi Polish: pl Pars m, pl Parsanka f Russian: ru парс Urdu: ur پَارْسِی m Adjective - Of, or pertaining to, the larger and older of the two Zoroastrian communities of the Indian subcontinent. Translations of, or pertaining to, the larger and older Zoroastrian community of the Indian subcontinent Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 帕西 Pàxī German: de parsisch Gujarati: gu પારસી m Hindi: hi पारसी Norwegian: Bokmål: nb parsisk Nynorsk: nn parsisk Odia: or ପାରସୀ, or ପାରଶୀ Polish: pl parsyjski Derived terms en Parsic Parsism en Parsiism, en Parseeism: older terms for the religious beliefs and practices of the Parsis, i.e. Zoroastrianism. Etymology 2 en fa-cls پَارْسِی. en Pars -i. Alternative forms en Pārsī Pársí Adjective - Persian. en 1849 Universal Palæography 53 https://books.google.com/books?id=KTtKWBN-GVEC&pg=PA53 The specimen No. 1 in Plate XVII., is copied from the end of a very beautiful manuscript of the Bibliothèque Royale at Paris, containing the celebrated heroic poem of Ferdusi, intitled Shah-Nameh, or the Book of Kings; a composition of 60,000 verses, written in the tenth century in the Parsi dialect, which has become the common language of Persia. en 1871 The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians 3 562 https://books.google.com/books?id=psgNAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA562 This is a well-known fact, that the language spoken by conquerors who have established themselves, when it has been disseminated amongst people, great and small, has become the common language of the country. Just as in Baghdád, where originally but little Persian was spoken, when the Khalífa's dynasty was overthrown, the Pársís established themselves in it. Thenceforward, every thing that was Arab, became subject to Pársí rules, and the herd acquired respect for the language of the shepherds. The city, which was called Baghdád in Arabic, became converted in its first syllable to Bághchadád. Turkí became just as prevalent, when the Turks conquered the country, and the language of the chiefs bore fruit in a new soil. en 1962 New Orient 44 https://books.google.com/books?id=BcAMAQAAMAAJ It was perhaps this picture of awakening nature in a mountain valley, which a thousand years ago inspired that great Tadzhik mountaineer, the immortal founder of classical Parsi poetry, Rudaki: […] en 1967 Michaël I. Zand Six Centuries of Glory: Essays on Medieval Literature of Iran and Transoxania https://books.google.com/books?id=YhNkAAAAMAAJ 40 […] in the Parsi “zone of influence”); written poetry began to appear in the basic dialects of the Kurd language and in Pashto, though medieval literature in these languages did not reach any significant development. Translations Persian Persian: Classical Persian: fa-cls پَارْسِی Dari: prs پَارْسِی Iranian Persian: fa-ira پارْسی Tajik: tg порсӣ Noun A Persian. en 1871 The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians 3 562 https://books.google.com/books?id=psgNAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA562 This is a well-known fact, that the language spoken by conquerors who have established themselves, when it has been disseminated amongst people, great and small, has become the common language of the country. Just as in Baghdád, where originally but little Persian was spoken, when the Khalífa's dynasty was overthrown, the Pársís established themselves in it. Thenceforward, every thing that was Arab, became subject to Pársí rules, and the herd acquired respect for the language of the shepherds. The city, which was called Baghdád in Arabic, became converted in its first syllable to Bághchadád. Turkí became just as prevalent, when the Turks conquered the country, and the language of the chiefs bore fruit in a new soil. Translations Persian Persian: Classical Persian: fa-cls پَارْسِی Dari: prs پَارْسِی Iranian Persian: fa-ira پارْسی Tajik: tg порсӣ Proper noun en Q9168 The Persian language. en Languages en 1849 Universal Palæography 53 https://books.google.com/books?id=KTtKWBN-GVEC&pg=PA53 To this dialect, two epochs may be attributed, namely, that of Ferdusi and other ancient Persian poets, who used only the words of their national language, as spoken in the courts of their sovereigns before the Arab conquest; and that of the modern Parsi or Persian, properly so called, which in consequence of the invasion of the Arabs, the irruptions of the Turks, and the conquests of the Mongols, has become inter-mingled with Arabic, Turkish, Tartar, and Indian words, and which from its easy pronunciation, and harmonious terminations, is now in use from the Caspian Sea to the Gulf of Persia, and from the Tigris to beyond the Indus: Anquetil indeed says, from Constantinople to Pekin. en 1871 The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians 3 562 https://books.google.com/books?id=psgNAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA562 “Hind has observed the same rule in respect to language. In olden time it was Hindúí. When the tribes, great and small, became intermixed, every one, bad and good, learnt Pársí, and all the other languages which existed never moved from their bounds. As God had taught them all, it is not proper to call them all bad. With the exception of Arabic, which, in consequence of the Kurán being written in it, is the most excellent and eloquent of languages, all the tongues differ from one another, and each one has some peculiar merit of its own. This one exclaims, ‘My wine is better than all others.’ Every one loses himself in his own cup, and no one admits that his own wine is vinegar. In short, it would be useless to enter into further discussion respecting Pársí, Turkí, and Arabic.” en 1967 Michaël I. Zand Six Centuries of Glory: Essays on Medieval Literature of Iran and Transoxania https://books.google.com/books?id=YhNkAAAAMAAJ 30 Parsi was a heterogeneous language, each author enlarging it with something typical of his native dialect. However, it was the Parsi of the first poetic creations, the Parsi of Mawaraannahr and Khurasan, that acquired normative significance, especially for poetry, and some of its specific properties are still extant in the Tadjik language. en 1985 Ethnography of Language Change https://books.google.com/books?id=p18LAQAAMAAJ 184 Parsi was again declared to be the official language and all other languages, including Azari that does not even belong to the Iranian language group, were demoted to local dialects. Translations Persian Persian: Classical Persian: fa-cls پَارْسِی Dari: prs پَارْسِی Iranian Persian: fa-ira پارْسی Tajik: tg порсӣ Turkish: Ottoman Turkish: ota پارسی parsi References Anagrams en aiprs Sapir Pairs raips Ripas pairs Paris en Zoroastrianism Malay Alternative forms ms Farsi obsolete Etymology ms Pronunciation ms [pa(r).si] ms si i 2 ms Par si Proper noun An old name of Iran used before 1935. References