𐭯𐭠𐭫𐭮𐭩

Middle Persian

Alternative forms

• 𐭯𐭠𐭥𐭮𐭩 (pʾrsy /⁠Pārs⁠/)

Etymology

From Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (Pārsa).

Proper noun

𐭯𐭠𐭫𐭮𐭩 • (pʾlsy /Pārs/)

1. Pars, Persia, Persis

Descendants

• Classical Persian: پَارْس (pārs) (see there for further descendants)
• → Arabic: فَارِس (fāris)
  • → Classical Persian: فَارْس (fārs) (see there for further descendants)
• → Early Middle Chinese: 波斯 (pa-si)
• → Parthian: (/⁠Pārs⁠/)

  Manichaean script: 𐫛𐫀𐫡𐫘 (pʾrs)

  Inscriptional Parthian script: 𐭐𐭀𐭓𐭎 (pʾrs)

• → Sogdian:

  Syriac script: ܦܐܪܣ (pʾrs /⁠Pārs⁠/)