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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Middle Russian парсуна (parsuna, person; portrait; hypostasis), also порсуна (porsuna) (att. mid-16th c.), from Old Ruthenian парсуна (parsuna), порсуна (porsuna), from Middle Polish parsuna (person; hypostasis), from from Old Polish parsuna (person; hypostasis), from Latin persona.

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Noun

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парсу́на (parsúnaf inan (genitive парсу́ны, nominative plural парсу́ны, genitive plural парсу́н)

  1. (history) the 17th century Russian painted portrait

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