παράδεισος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πᾰρᾰ́δεισος • (părắdeisosm (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

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: παράδεισος (parádeisos)
  • Coptic: ⲡⲁⲣⲁⲇⲓⲥⲟⲥ (paradisos)
  • Latin: paradīsus (see there for further descendants)
  • Arabic: فِرْدَوْس (firdaws) (see there for further descendants) (back-formation from the plural فَرَادِيس (farādīs))

References

  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

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παράδεισος (parádeisos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paˈra.ði.sos/

Noun

παράδεισος • (parádeisosm (plural παράδεισοι)

  1. paradise
    Antonym: κόλαση (kólasi)

Declension

Declension of παράδεισος
singular plural
nominative παράδεισος (parádeisos) παράδεισοι (parádeisoi)
genitive παραδείσου (paradeísou) παραδείσων (paradeíson)
accusative παράδεισο (parádeiso) παραδείσους (paradeísous)
vocative παράδεισε (parádeise) παράδεισοι (parádeisoi)

Derived terms