پارسه

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• پارسا (parsa)

Etymology

From Italian borsa. Doublet of بورسه (borsa, “exchange”) borrowed again later into a higher register.

Noun

پارسه • (parsa)

1. beggar’s or busker’s bowl or pouch
2. money amassed by begging or street performance, kitty
3. begging, mendicancy

Descendants

• Turkish: parsa

Noun

پارسه • (parsa)

1. dative singular of پارس (pars, “leopard”)

Noun

پارسه • (parise)

1. dative singular of پارس (paris, “Paris”)

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “پارسه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 311b
• Meyer, Gustav (1893) “Türkische Studien. I. Die griechischen und romanischen Bestandtheile im Wortschatze des Osmanisch-Türkischen”, in Sitzungsberichte der philosophisch-historischen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften (in German), volume 128, Wien: In Commission bei F. Tempsky, page 51
• Zenker, Julius Theodor (1866) “پارسا”, in Türkisch-arabisch-persisches Handwörterbuch, volume 1 (overall work in German and French), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 160b

Pashto

Etymology

From Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (Pārsa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɑr.sa/

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Proper noun

پارسه • (Pârsa) f

1. Persia
2. Persis

References

• The Pashto Dictionary

Persian

Etymology

From Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (Pārsa).

Pronunciation

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /pɒːɾˈse/, [pʰɒːɾˈse]

Proper noun

پارسه • (pârse)

1. Persepolis