𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿

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

1. a Persian

𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (Pārsa) m

1. Persia, Persis
2. Persepolis

(taking Old Persian as representative of all Old Iranian)

• Middle Persian:

  Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭯𐭠𐭫𐭮𐭩 (pʾlsy), 𐭯𐭠𐭥𐭮𐭩 (pʾrsy /⁠Pārs⁠/)

  • Persian: پارس (pârs)
  • → Arabic: فَارِس (fāris)
    • → Portuguese: alferes
  • → Early Middle Chinese: 波斯 (pa-si)
  • → Parthian: (/⁠Pārs⁠/)

    Manichaean script: 𐫛𐫀𐫡𐫘 (pʾrs)

    Inscriptional Parthian script: 𐭐𐭀𐭓𐭎 (pʾrs)

  • → Sogdian:

    Syriac script: [Syriac needed] (pʾrs /⁠Pārs⁠/)

• → 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 (parskʻ)