پرسه

Persian

Etymology

Perhaps from پارسا (pārsā, “pure, virtuous; ascetic”). Early attestations are from Qazi Nurullah Shustari, late 1500s.

Pronunciation

Readings
Dari reading? parsa
Iranian reading? parse

Noun

پرسه • (parse)

  1. roaming; wandering about; more common in the derived form پرسه‌زنی (parse-zani).
  2. (obsolete) wandering beggar; vagrant

Synonyms

دوره‌گردی (dowre-gardi)

Derived terms

  • پرسه زدن (parse zadan, “to wander”)
  • پرسه‌زنی (parse-zani, “roaming, wandering about”)
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