پارسی
Persian
Alternative forms
- فارسی (fârsi) (via Arabic)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Persian pʾlsyk' (pārsīg, “Persian”), from pʾls (pārs, “Persia”) [from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (Pārsa, “Persia”)] + -yk' (-īg, suffix forming adjectives). By surface analysis, پارس (pârs, “Persia”) + ـی (-i, suffix forming adjectives).
Compare Old Armenian պարսիկ (parsik), Sanskrit पारसिक (pārasika).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /paːɾ.ˈsiː/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [pʰɑːɾ.síː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [pʰɒːɹ.síː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [pʰɔɾ.sí]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | pārsī |
| Dari reading? | pārsī |
| Iranian reading? | pârsi |
| Tajik reading? | porsi |
Adjective
| Dari | پارسی |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | порсӣ |
پارسی • (pârsi)
Noun
| Dari | پارسی |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | порсӣ |
پارسی • (pârsi) (plural پارسی‌ها)
- Persian (person)
- 1952, Hasan Pirniya, ایران باستان[1], page 206:
- […] مادی‌ها، پارسی‌ها و مردمان دیگر […]
- […] mâdi-hâ, pârsi-hâ va mardamân-e digar […]
- […] Medes, Persians and other peoples […]
Proper noun
| Dari | پارسی |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | порсӣ |
پارسی • (pârsi)
- Persian (language)
- من ایرانی‌ام و زبانم «پارسی» است.
- man irâni am o zabân-am "pârsi" ast.
- I am Iranian and my language is "Persian".
- بسی رنج بردم در این سال سی ـــ عجم زنده کردم بدین پارسی
- basi ranj burdam dar ēn sāl-si -- ajam zinda kardam bad-ēn pârsi
- “I endured much pain and strife during these thirty years -- I breathed life to the Ajam with this Parsi"
- (Can we date this quote by Ferdowsi and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
Urdu
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀧𑀸𑀭𑀲 (pārasa), from Sanskrit पारसिक (pārasika), from Middle Persian 𐭯𐭠𐭫𐭮𐭩' (pʾlsy /Pārs/), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (Pārsa).[1] Cognate with Bengali পারসি (parśi), Gujarati પારસી (pārsī), Marathi पारशी (pārśī), Punjabi ਪਾਰਸੀ / پَارْسِی (pārsī). Doublet of فارْسی (fārsī).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /pɑːɾ.siː/
- Rhymes: -iː
- Hyphenation: پَارْ‧سِی
Proper noun
پَارْسِی • (pārsī) f (Hindi spelling पारसी)
- (historical) Persian (language)
Adjective
پَارْسِی • (pārsī) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling पारसी)
Noun
پَارْسِی • (pārsī) m (Hindi spelling पारसी)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | پَارْسِی (pārsī) | پَارْسِی (pārsī) |
| oblique | پَارْسِی (pārsī) | پَارْسِِیوں (pārsiyõ) |
| vocative | پَارْسِی (pārsī) | پَارْسِِیو (pārsiyo) |
References
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pārasika”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 457
Further reading
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “پارسی”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 327
- Platts, John T. (1884) “پارسی”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 217
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “پارسی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 143
- “پارسی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- “پارسی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.