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Alternative forms

  • Pārs

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian پَارْس (pārs), from Middle Persian 𐭯𐭠𐭫𐭮𐭩 (Pārs), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /⁠pārsa⁠/).

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Proper noun

Pars

  1. 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).
    Synonyms: Persia; Persia Proper, Persia proper; Persis; Fars; Parsistan; Farsistan
    • 1873, Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, page 428:
      PARS, Fars or Farsistan, is a province of the kingdom of Persia which gives its name to the country.
    • 1886, Civilization of the Eastern Irānians in Ancient Times‎, page 107:
      Yet the Bundehesh locates it in Pars.
    • 1954, The Influence of Iran on Other Countries, page 6:
      […] of Pars or Persia.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian پَارْس (pārs), from Middle Persian 𐭯𐭠𐭫𐭮𐭩 (Pārs), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /⁠pārsa⁠/).

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Proper noun

Pars m

  1. Pars (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).)
    • 1761, Histoire universelle, page 636:
      Le Pars ou la Perſe proprement dite, qui avoit pour Capitale Shiraz ; […]
      Pars or Persia proper, which had Shiraz for capital; […]
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