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Par·see    Audio Help   [pahr-see, pahr-see] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.an Indian Zoroastrian descended from Persian Zoroastrians who went to India in the 7th and 8th centuries to escape Muslim persecution.
2.the Middle Persian dialect of the Parsee scriptures.
Also, Parsi.


[Origin: 1605–15; < Pers Pārsī Persian, equiv. to Pārs Persia + suffix of appurtenance]
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Par·si also Par·see    Audio Help   (pär'sē, pär-sē')  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. Par·sis also Par·sees
A member of a Zoroastrian religious sect in India.


[Persian Pārsī, from Pārs, Persia, from Old Persian Pārsā.]

Par'sism (-sĭz'əm) n.
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parsi

noun
a member of a monotheistic sect of Zoroastrian origin; descended from the Persians; now found in western India [syn: Parsee

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