پرسه

Persian

Etymology

From earlier Classical Persian پارسه (pārsa, “beggar”), perhaps from پارسا (pārsā, “pure, virtuous; ascetic”). Early attestations are from Qazi Nurullah Shustari, late 1500s.

Pronunciation

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰäɾ.sǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰæɹ.sé]

Readings
Dari reading?	parsa
Iranian reading?	parse

Noun

پرسه • (parse)

1. roaming; wandering about; more common in the derived form پرسه‌زنی (parse-zani).
2. (obsolete, original sense) wandering beggar; vagrant

Derived terms

• پرسه زدن (parse zadan, “to wander”)
• پرسه‌زنی (parse-zani, “roaming, wandering about”)