Parthia

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑːθi.ə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑɹθi.ə/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)θiə

Proper noun

Parthia

2. (historical) A region in northeastern Iran.
4. (historical) A former empire in Central Asia and West Asia, ruled by dynasts from Parthia; the Parthian Empire; the Arsacid Empire.

Derived terms

• Parthian
  • Parthian shot

Related terms

• Parthyaea
• Parthyene
• Parthava

Translations

(historical) region

• Arabic: فَرْثِيَا f (farṯiyā)
• Armenian: Պարթեւք (Partʻewkʻ)

  Old Armenian: Պարթեւք (Partʻewkʻ), աշխարհն պարթեւաց (ašxarhn partʻewacʻ)

• Belarusian: Парфія (Parfija)
• Catalan: Pàrtia
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 帕提亚 (zh) (Pàtíyà)

• Chuvash: Пархи (Parh̬i)
• Dutch: Parthen
• Estonian: Partoj
• Finnish: Parthia
• French: Parthie (fr) f
• Georgian: პართია (ṗartia)
• German: Parthien
• Greek: Παρθία (el) (Parthía)

  Ancient: Παρθία (Parthía)

• Hindi: पहलव (pahlav), पार्थिया (pārthiyā)
• Icelandic: Parþía
• Indonesian: Parthia
• Irish: an Phairtia f
• Italian: Partia f
• Japanese: パルティア
• Kazakh: Парфия (Parfiä)
• Korean: 파르티아 (pareutia)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Pehlewistan

• Latin: Parthia f
• Lithuanian: Partai
• Marathi: पार्थिया (pārthiyā)
• Middle Persian: 𐭯𐭫𐭮𐭥𐭡𐭩 (plswby)
• Old Persian: 𐎱𐎼𐎰𐎺 (Parθava)
• Parthian: 𐭐𐭓𐭕𐭅 (prtw /⁠Parθaw⁠/)
• Persian: پارت (fa) (pârt)
• Polish: Partia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Pártia f
• Russian: Па́рфия (ru) f (Párfija)
• Scots: Parthie
• Serbo-Croatian: Parti (sh), Partija
• Slovak: Partia f
• Slovene: Parti
• Spanish: Partia f
• Tamil: பார்த்தியா (pārttiyā)
• Turkmen: Parfiýa
• Ukrainian: Парфія f (Parfija)
• Urdu: پارتھیا (parthiya)
• Vietnamese: Parthia, Parthava
• West Frisian: Parten
• Western Panjabi: پارتھیا (pārtheyā)

empire of the Parthians

• Armenian: Պարթեւաստան (Partʻewastan), Պարթեւական թագավորություն (Partʻewakan tʻagavorutʻyun), Պարթեւստան (Partʻewstan)

  Old Armenian: please add this translation if you can

• Catalan: Pàrtia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 帕提亞 / 帕提亚 (zh) (Pàtíyà)

  Middle Chinese: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: Parthië n
• Finnish: Parthia
• French: Parthie (fr) f
• Georgian: პართია (ṗartia), პართიის სამეფო (ṗartiis samepo), პართიის იმპერია (ṗartiis imṗeria)
• German: Partherreich (de) n
• Greek:

  Ancient: Παρθία (Parthía)

• Irish: an Phairtia f
• Latin: Parthia
• Lithuanian: Partų karalystė f, Partija f
• Manchu: ᡦᠠᡵᡨᡳᠶᠠ
  ᡤᡠᡵᡠᠨ (partiya gurun)
• Marathi: पार्थिया (pārthiyā)
• Persian: پارت (fa) (pârt), اشکانیان (fa)
• Portuguese: Pártia f
• Romanian: Parția f
• Russian: Па́рфия (ru) f (Párfija)

Anagrams

• airpath, pitarah

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Παρθία (Parthía), possibly from Old Persian 𐎱𐎼𐎰𐎺 (Parθava).

Proper noun

Parthia f sg (genitive Parthiae); first declension

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

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Parthia
genitive	Parthiae
dative	Parthiae
accusative	Parthiam
ablative	Parthiā
vocative	Parthia

Related terms

• Parthus

Descendants

• English: Parthia
• French: Parthie

Portuguese

Proper noun

Parthia f

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Pártia