Parthia

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UK/ˈpɑːθi.ə/US/ˈpɑɹθi.ə/

proper noun

A region in northeastern Iran.

OriginLatin Parthia ← Ancient Greek Παρθία ← Old Persian 𐎱𐎼𐎰𐎺 →
UncommonScrabble 12
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. historicalA region in northeastern Iran.
  2. historicalA former empire in Central Asia and West Asia, ruled by dynasts from Parthia; the Parthian Empire; the Arsacid Empire.

Origin

  1. Old Persian𐎱𐎼𐎰𐎺
  2. Ancient GreekΠαρθία
  3. LatinParthia
  4. EnglishParthia

Borrowed from Latin Parthia, from Ancient Greek Παρθία (Parthía), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎼𐎰𐎺 (Parθava) (or another Old Iranian language).

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Translations

Ancient Greek Παρθία, Παρθία
  • Παρθία (Parthía)(historical) region
  • Παρθία (Parthía)empire of the Parthians
Arabic فَرْثِيَا
  • فَرْثِيَا (farṯiyā)(historical) region
Catalan Pàrtia, Pàrtia
  • Pàrtia(historical) region
  • Pàrtiaempire of the Parthians
Chinese Mandarin 帕提亚, 帕提亞 /帕提亚
  • 帕提亚 (Pàtíyà)(historical) region
  • 帕提亞 /帕提亚 (Pàtíyà)empire of the Parthians
Dutch Parthen, Parthië
  • Parthen(historical) region
  • Parthiëempire of the Parthians
Estonian Partoj
  • Partoj(historical) region
Finnish Parthia, Parthia
  • Parthia(historical) region
  • Parthiaempire of the Parthians
French Parthie, Parthie
  • Parthie(historical) region
  • Parthieempire of the Parthians
German Parthien, Partherreich
  • Parthien(historical) region
  • Partherreichempire of the Parthians
Greek Παρθία
  • Παρθία (Parthía)(historical) region
Hindi पहलव, पार्थिया
  • पहलव (pahlav)(historical) region
  • पार्थिया (pārthiyā)(historical) region
Icelandic Parþía
  • Parþía(historical) region
Indonesian Parthia
  • Parthia(historical) region
Irish an Phairtia, an Phairtia
  • an Phairtia(historical) region
  • an Phairtiaempire of the Parthians
Italian Partia
  • Partia(historical) region
Japanese パルティア
  • パルティア(historical) region
Korean 파르티아
  • 파르티아 (pareutia)(historical) region
Latin Parthia, Parthia
  • Parthia(historical) region
  • Parthiaempire of the Parthians
Lithuanian Partai, Partų karalystė
  • Partai(historical) region
  • Partų karalystėempire of the Parthians
  • Partijaempire of the Parthians
Persian پارت, پارت
  • پارت (pârt)(historical) region
  • پارت (pârt)empire of the Parthians
  • اشکانیانempire of the Parthians
Polish Partia
  • Partia(historical) region
Portuguese Pártia, Pártia
  • Pártia(historical) region
  • Pártiaempire of the Parthians
Romanian Parția
  • Parțiaempire of the Parthians
Russian Па́рфия, Па́рфия
  • Па́рфия (Párfija)(historical) region
  • Па́рфия (Párfija)empire of the Parthians
Slovak Partia
  • Partia(historical) region
Spanish Partia
  • Partia(historical) region
Tamil பார்த்தியா
  • பார்த்தியா (pārttiyā)(historical) region
Ukrainian Парфія
  • Парфія (Parfija)(historical) region
Urdu پارتھیا
  • پارتھیا (parthiya)(historical) region
Vietnamese Parthia, Parthava
  • Parthia(historical) region
  • Parthava(historical) region

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Cite this entry
APA

Parthia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Parthia

MLA

“Parthia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Parthia. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Parthia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Parthia.

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