Etymology

para

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Today it means: A former subunit of currency in several countries in the Ottoman/Turkish and Yugoslav regions. Full definition →

Serbo-Croatian pàra /па̀ра ← Ottoman Turkish پاره ← Persian پاره
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para · noun1

  1. Persian · derived fromپاره
  2. Ottoman Turkish · derived fromپاره
  3. Serbo-Croatian · borrowed frompàra /па̀ра
  4. English todaypara

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian pàra /па̀ра, from Ottoman Turkish پاره (pare, para), from Persian پاره (pâre).

para · noun2

Clipping of words such as primipara and multipara.

para · noun3

Clippings.

para · adjective4

Clipping of paralytic.

para · noun5

  1. Persian · derived fromپاره
  2. Urdu · borrowed fromپاره
  3. English todaypara

Borrowed from Urdu پاره (pāra), from Persian پاره (pâre).

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