παράδεισος

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Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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An Iranian borrowing, ultimately from Proto-Iranian *paridayjah.[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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πᾰρᾰ́δεισος (parádeisosm (genitive πᾰρᾰδείσου); second declension

  1. the garden owned by the Persian nobility
  2. enclosed park, pleasure-ground
  3. (biblical) Garden of Eden
  4. the afterlife location of the blessed: paradise

Inflection

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “παράδεισος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1151
  2. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*pardaiδa-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 179
  3. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, pages 446, 447

Further reading

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Greek

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek παράδεισος (parádeisos).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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παράδεισος (parádeisosm (plural παράδεισοι)

  1. paradise
    Antonym: κόλαση (kólasi)

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Derived terms

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