Pars
See also: pars
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Persian پَارْس (pārs), from Middle Persian 𐭯𐭠𐭫𐭮𐭩 (Pārs), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /pārsa/).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɑːs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /pɑɹs/
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)s
Proper noun
[edit]Pars
- 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).
- Synonyms: Persia; Persia Proper, Persia proper; Persis; Fars; Parsistan; Farsistan
- 1873, Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, page 428:
- PARS, Fars or Farsistan, is a province of the kingdom of Persia which gives its name to the country.
- 1886, Civilization of the Eastern Irānians in Ancient Times[1], page 107:
- Yet the Bundehesh locates it in Pars.
- 1954, The Influence of Iran on Other Countries, page 6:
- […] of Pars or Persia.
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French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Persian پَارْس (pārs), from Middle Persian 𐭯𐭠𐭫𐭮𐭩 (Pārs), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /pārsa/).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Pars m
- Pars (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).)
- 1761, Histoire universelle, page 636:
- Le Pars ou la Perſe proprement dite, qui avoit pour Capitale Shiraz ; […]
- Pars or Persia proper, which had Shiraz for capital; […]
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- Rhymes:English/ɑː(ɹ)s
- Rhymes:English/ɑː(ɹ)s/1 syllable
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- en:Fars Province, Iran
- en:Provinces of Iran
- en:Geographic and cultural areas of Iran
- en:Places in Iran
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- French terms derived from Classical Persian
- French terms derived from Middle Persian
- French terms derived from Old Persian
- French 1-syllable words
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- French lemmas
- French proper nouns
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- French masculine nouns
- fr:Fars Province, Iran
- fr:Provinces of Iran
- fr:Geographic and cultural areas of Iran
- fr:Places in Iran
- French terms with quotations