𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿

Old Persian

Etymology

From Old Median [Term?];[1] also compare with Hebrew פרס‎ (parás, “Persia”) and Arabic فارس‎ (fāris, “Persia”).

Noun

𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (Pārsa) m

a Persian

Proper noun

𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (Pārsa) m

Persia, Persis

Descendants

Middle Persian: 𐭯𐭠𐭥𐭮𐭩‎ (p'rsy /pārs/), 𐭯𐭠𐭫𐭮𐭩‎ (p'lsy /pārs/)
- Persian: پارس‎ (pârs)
→ Akkadian: 𒆳 (par-su [KUR])
→ Ancient Greek: Περσίς (Persís)
- → Latin: Persis
→ Arabic: فَارِس‎ (fāris)
- → Persian: فارس‎ (fârs)
→ Aramaic: פָּרָס‎ (pārās)
→ Chinese: 波斯 (possibly via Middle Iranian)
→ Egyptian: [script needed] (prs)
→ Elamite: 𒁇𒌍 (parš-ip)
→ Hebrew: פָּרָס‎ (parás)
→ Parthian: 𐭐𐭀𐭓𐭎‎ (pārs) (taking Old Persian as representative of all Old Iranian)

References

Roberts, Edward A. (2014), “Persiana”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, volume II, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

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