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Pars

Pars comes from Old Persian p-a-r-s /⁠pārsa⁠/ ‘Fars, Farsistan, Pars, Parsistan, Persia, Persis’.

  1. Old Persianc. 600–300 BCEp-a-r-s /⁠pārsa⁠/transliteratedoriginal script p-a-r-s /⁠pārsa⁠/, a transliteration‘Fars, Farsistan, Pars, Parsistan, Persia, Persis’
  2. Middle Persianc. 300 BCE–900 CE𐭯𐭠𐭫𐭮𐭩Pārs
  3. Classical Persianc. 900–presentپَارْسpārs
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1873Pars

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Old Persianc. 600–300 BCEp-a-r-s /⁠pārsa⁠/transliteratedoriginal script p-a-r-s /⁠pārsa⁠/, a transliteration‘Fars, Farsistan, Pars, Parsistan, Persia, Persis’
  2. Middle Persianc. 300 BCE–900 CE𐭯𐭠𐭫𐭮𐭩Pārs
  3. Classical Persianc. 900–presentپَارْسpārs
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1873Pars

Earliest quotation: 1873, Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and S: “PARS, Fars or Farsistan, is a province of the…”

Every English word from Old Persian p-a-r-s /⁠pārsa⁠/

Today it means

name A province and historical region in southwestern Iran, homeland of the Persians; known to the ancient Greeks as Περσίς (Persís) or Περσική (Persikḗ), to the Romans as Persis or Persia, and to the Arabs as فَارِس (fāris).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Old Persian p-a-r-s /⁠pārsa⁠/ / Pars

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