પારસી

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પારસી • (pārsī) f

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પારસી • (pārsī) f

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀧𑀸𑀭𑀲 (pārasa), from Sanskrit पारसिक (pārasika), from Middle Persian 𐭯𐭠𐭫𐭮𐭩' (pʾlsy /Pārs/), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (Pārsa). Doublet of ફારસ (phāras). Cognate with Bengali পারসি (parśi), Hindustani پَارْسِی / पारसी (pārsī), Marathi पारशी (pārśī), Punjabi پَارْسِی /ਪਾਰਸੀ (pārsī).

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Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pārasika”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 457

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پَارْسِی//ਪਾਰਸੀ

Punjabi پَارْسِی /ਪਾਰਸੀ (pārsī)

Pahlavi (a writing system used to write several Iranian languages.)


જશન

jaśan (romanization)
જશન (nominative singular)
જશનો (nominative plural)
જશન (oblique singular)
જશનો (oblique plural)
જશન (singular vocative)
જશનો (plural vocative)
જશને (instrumental singular)
જશનોએ (instrumental plural)
જશને (locative singular)
જશનોએ (locative plural)

Borrowed from Classical Persian جَشْن (jašn).

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(Parsi Gujarati, Zoroastrianism) ceremony, festival, celebration


કબરસ્તાન

kabrastān (romanization)
કબરસ્તાન (nominative singular)
કબરસ્તાનો (nominative plural)
કબરસ્તાન (oblique singular)
કબરસ્તાનો (oblique plural)
કબરસ્તાન (singular vocative)
કબરસ્તાનો (plural vocative)
કબરસ્તાને (instrumental singular)
કબરસ્તાનોએ (instrumental plural)
કબરસ્તાને (locative singular)
કબરસ્તાનોએ (locative plural)

Borrowed from Classical Persian قَبْرِسْتان (qabristān). By surface analysis, કબર (kabar) + -સ્તાન (-stān).


અગિયારી

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અગિયારી • (agiyārī) f

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અગિયારી • (agiyārī) f

agiyārī (romanization)
અગિયારી (nominative singular)
અગિયારીઓ (nominative plural)
અગિયારી (oblique singular)
અગિયારીઓ (oblique plural)
અગિયારી (singular vocative)
અગિયારીઓ (plural vocative)
અગિયારી (instrumental singular)
અગિયારીઓ (instrumental plural)
અગિયારીએ (locative singular)
અગિયારીઓએ (locative plural)

→ English: agiary

Inherited from Sanskrit अग्न्यगार (agnyagārá), a calque of Classical Persian آتشکده (ātaškaḏa, literally “fire-house”): अग्नि (agni) + आगार (āgāra). Cognate with Marathi अग्यारी (agyārī).


નવરોજ

/ˈnəʋ.ɾod͡ʒ/

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *new-
Proto-Indo-European *néwos
Proto-Indo-Iranian *náwas
Proto-Iranian *náwah
Middle Persian 𐭭𐭥𐭪𐭩 (nʿky)
Proto-Indo-European *lewk-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-Iranian *ráwčas
Proto-Iranian *ráwčah
Old Persian 𐎼𐎢𐎨𐏃 (r-u-c-h)
Middle Persian 𐭩𐭥𐭬 (yʿm)
Middle Persian nwklwc
Classical Persian نَوْروز (nawrōz)bor.
Gujarati નવરોજ (navroj)
Borrowed from Classical Persian نَوْروز (nawrōz).

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Nowruz, New Year in the Iranian and Zoroastrian calendar, celebrated on the spring equinox.


બહેરામ

Borrowed from Classical Persian بهرام (bahrām).


આતશ બહેરામ

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આતશ બહેરામ • (ātaś baherām) m

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આતશ બહેરામ • (ātaś baherām) m

/ˈɑ.t̪əʃ‿ˈbə.ɦeː.ɾɑm/

Borrowed from Classical Persian آتش بهرام (ātaš bahrām).


દોજખ

Borrowed from Classical Persian دوزخ (dōzax). Compare Bengali দোজখ (dōjokh) and Hindustani دوزخ / दोज़ख़ (dozax).


આતશકદેહ

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આતશકદેહ • (ātaśakdeh) n

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આતશકદેહ • (ātaśakdeh) n

/ˈɑ.t̪ə.ʃək.d̪eːʱ/

Borrowed from Persian آتشکده (âtaškade, literally “fire-house”). Doublet of અગિયારી (agiyārī).


યઝત

/ˈjə.d͡ʒʱət̪/

(Zoroastrianism) yazata, something worthy of veneration.


જરથુષ્ટ્ર

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જરથુષ્ટ્ર • (jarthuṣṭra) m

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જરથુષ્ટ્ર • (jarthuṣṭra) m

/ˈd͡ʒəɾ.t̪ʰuʃ.ʈɾə/

/ˈzəɾ.t̪ʰuʃ.ʈɾə/


સરોશ

From Middle Persian slwš (/Srōš/), from Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬭𐬊𐬱𐬀 (sraoša, “Sraosha”).

(Zoroastrianism, Iranian mythology) Sraosha, yazata of conscience


ફરવર્દીન

/ˈpʰəɾ.ʋəɾ.d̪in/

Borrowed from Classical Persian فروردین (farwardīn), from Middle Persian 𐭯𐭫𐭥𐭫𐭲𐭩𐭭 (Frawardīn).

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Farvardin, the first month of the solar Persian calendar.


નવજોત

→ English: navjote, navjot

નવ (nav, “new”) + જોત (jot, “one who offers prayers”).


ભસમ

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit भस्मन् (bhasman).

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(Zoroastrianism) the sacred ashes of Atash Behram


દોખમું

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દોખમું • (dokhmũ) m

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દોખમું • (dokhmũ) m

(Zoroastrianism) dakhma, tower of silence


અર્દિબેહશ્ત

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અર્દિબેહશ્ત • (ardibehaśt) m

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અર્દિબેહશ્ત • (ardibehaśt) m

Borrowed from Classical Persian اردبهشت (ardaḇihišt).

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Ordibehesht, the second month of the solar Persian calendar.


ખોરદાદ

Borrowed from Persian خرداد (xurdād), from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭥𐭥𐭣𐭠𐭲 (Hordād), lit. “perfection”; name of the fifth Amahraspand (divine deity) in Zoroastrianism, guardian of the waters.

Khordad, the third month of the solar Persian calendar.


દસ્તૂર

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દસ્તૂર • (dastūr) m

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દસ્તૂર • (dastūr) m

Borrowed from Classical Persian دستور (dastūr). Compare Bengali দস্তুর (dostur), Punjabi ਦਸਤੂਰ (dastūr), Hindustani دستور / दस्तूर (dastūr).


મિહર

Borrowed from Classical Persian مهر (mihr), from Middle Persian mtr' (Mihr), from Old Persian 𐎷𐎰𐎼 (Miθra), from Avestan 𐬨𐬌𐬚𐬭𐬀 (miθra, “covenant, contract, oath”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mitra (“covenant, treaty, agreement, promise”). Doublet of મિત્ર (mitra), મહર (mahar), and મિથ્ર (mithra).

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Mehr, the seventh month of the solar Persian calendar.

Name of the sixteenth day of any month of the solar Persian calendar.


ઉઠમણું

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ઉઠમણું • (uṭhamṇũ) n

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ઉઠમણું • (uṭhamṇũ) n

/ˈu.ʈʰəm.ɳũ/

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀯𑀡 (uṭṭhāvaṇa), from Sanskrit उत्थापन (utthāpana).

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(Zoroastrianism) A ritual prefromed three days after the deceased's death, marking the departure of the soul, as according to Zoroastrianism, the soul remains in the material world for three days after death.


ગાથા

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ગાથા • (gāthā) f

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ગાથા • (gāthā) f

Borrowed from Avestan 𐬔𐬁𐬚𐬁 (gāθā). Compare Persian گاتا (gâtâ).


અવસ્તા

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અવસ્તા • (avastā) f

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અવસ્તા • (avastā) f

/ˈə.ʋəs.t̪ɑ/

Borrowed from Classical Persian اوستا (awastā).


દરૂન

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દરૂન • (darūn)

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દરૂન • (darūn)

Borrowed from Classical Persian درون (darūn), from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (dlwn' /drōn/, “consecrated bread; a kind of ritual in which consecrated bread is used”).

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(Zoroastrianism) a certain ritual by the Zoroastrians


વહિશ્ત

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વહિશ્ત • (vahiśt) n

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વહિશ્ત • (vahiśt) n

From Middle Persian 𐭥𐭧𐭱𐭲𐭩 (wahišt); see there for more.
Compare Persian بهشت (behešt).


ચિનવત

Borrowed from Avestan 𐬗𐬌𐬥𐬬𐬀𐬙𐬋 (cinvatō). Compare Persian چینود (činavad).

સિરાત સિરાત#Gujarati

(Zoroastrianism) the Chinvat Bridge, an extremely narrow bridge that Zoroastrians believe all souls will cross on Doomsday, with only the virtuous able to cross, similar to the Islamic concept સિરાત (sirāt).