𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿

Old Persian edit

Uncertain; possibly:

related to Sanskrit पर्शु (Parśu), the name of a warrior tribe,^[1]
or Sanskrit परशु (paraśu, “hatchet, axe”),^[2]
or from Proto-Iranian *párcuš (“rib”), compare Sanskrit पर्शु (parśu, “rib; sickle”),^[3] पार्श्व (pārśva, “the region of the ribs, immediate neighbourhood”).^[4]

𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (Pārsa) m

𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (Pārsa) m

(taking Old Persian as representative of all Old Iranian)

→ Akkadian:^[5]
Late Babylonian: 𒉺𒅈𒊓𒀀𒀀 (pa-ar-sa-a-a /⁠Parsāya⁠/), 𒉺𒅈𒋢 (pa-ar-su /⁠Parsu⁠/), 𒌓𒊑𒊓𒀀 (par-ri-sa-a /⁠Parisā⁠/), 𒌓𒊓 (par-sa /⁠Parsa⁠/), 𒌓𒊓𒀀𒀀 (par-sa-a-a /⁠Parsāya⁠/), 𒌓𒋢 (par-su /⁠Parsu⁠/), 𒌓𒍪 (par-sú /⁠Parsu⁠/)
→ Aramaic:^[5]
Biblical Aramaic: פָּרָס (pārās)

Imperial Aramaic: 𐡐𐡓𐡎 (prs), 𐡐𐡓𐡎𐡉 (prsy)
- → Hebrew: פָּרָס (parás)
→ Egyptian:
Late Egyptian:

(prs),

(prs),

(prsꜣ),^[6]

(prwsꜣ)^[7]

Demotic: ⁠ ⁠ (prs)
→ Elamite:^[5]
Achaemenid Elamite: 𒁀𒅕𒐼 (ba-ir-šá /⁠Bairša⁠/), 𒁇𒌍 (bar-šip /⁠Baršip⁠/), 𒁇𒋤 (bar-šir₈ /⁠Baršir⁠/), 𒁀𒅕𒆪 (ba-ir-da /⁠Bairda⁠/), 𒁀𒅕𒆜𒐼 (ba-ir-iš-šá /⁠Bairiša⁠/), 𒁀𒅕𒊓𒀭 (ba-ir-sa-an /⁠Bairsan⁠/), 𒁀𒅕𒐼𒀭 (ba-ir-šá-an /⁠Bairšan⁠/), 𒁀𒅕𒃻𒀾 (ba-ir-šá-áš /⁠Bairšaš⁠/), 𒁀𒅕𒐼𒆜 (ba-ir-šá-iš /⁠Bairšaiš⁠/), 𒁀𒅕𒐼𒌝 (ba-ir-šá-um /⁠Bairšaum⁠/), 𒁀𒅕𒍝 (ba-ir-za /⁠Bairza⁠/), 𒁀𒊏𒊏𒆜𒐼𒀭 (ba-ra-iš-šá-an /⁠Baraišan⁠/), 𒁇𒃻𒀭 (bar-šá-an /⁠Baršan⁠/), 𒁇𒋤𒌇𒁁 (bar-šir₈-ráš-be /⁠Barširášbe⁠/)
→ Ancient Greek: Περσίς (Persís)
- → Latin: Persia, Persis
→ Lycian: 𐊓𐊀𐊕𐊈𐊀 (parza), 𐊓𐊀𐊕𐊈𐊈𐊀 (parzza)^[5]
→ Old Armenian: պարսք (parskʿ)

^ Hoffmann, K. (1940) “Vedische Namen”, in Wörter und Sachen, volume 21, page 142
^ Eilers, W. (1954) “Der Name Demawend”, in Archiv Orientalni, volume XXII, →ISBN, page 357
^ Eilers, Wilhelm (1987) Iranische Ortsnamenstudien (Sitzungsberichte (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse); 465), Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, page 49
^ Skalmowski, W. (1995) “Old Persian Parθava”, in Van Lerberghe, K., Schoors, A., editors, Immigration and Emigration within the Ancient Near East. Festschrift E. Lipiński (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta), Leuven: Peeters Publishers, page 311
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 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, page 28
^ Posener, Georges (1936) La première domination perse en Égypte: Recueil d’inscriptions hiéroglyphiques
^ Jona Lendering, Susa, Statue of Darius, Subject R12, sg?shkš (OP Sâka = Scythians), Livius.org