Etymology

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Today it means: A province and historical region in southwestern Iran, homeland of the Persians; known to the ancient Greeks as Περσίς (Persís) or Περσική (Persikḗ), to the Romans as Persis or Persia, and to the Arabs as فَارِس (fāris). Full definition →

Classical Persian پَارْس ← Middle Persian 𐭯𐭠𐭫𐭮𐭩 ← Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿
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The story

  1. Old Persian · derived from𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿
  2. Middle Persian · derived from𐭯𐭠𐭫𐭮𐭩
  3. Classical Persian · borrowed fromپَارْس
  4. English todayPars

Borrowed from Classical Persian پَارْس (pārs), from Middle Persian 𐭯𐭠𐭫𐭮𐭩 (Pārs), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /⁠pārsa⁠/).

Words from the same roots

Old Persian𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 all →

PersianPersiaParsiPersepolisPersis

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