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parsa

parsa noun: a Hebrew measure of itinerant distance: one parsa is about four kilometers, approximately the distance a man can walk in 72 minutes; a parasang.

Noun

parsa (plural parsas)

  1. A Hebrew measure of itinerant distance: one parsa is about four kilometers, approximately the distance a man can walk in 72 minutes; a parasang.

Proper noun capitalized: Parsa

Parsa (plural Parsas)

  1. A surname from Persian.

Forms of parsa

Noun
pluralparsas
Proper noun
pluralParsas

Origin of parsa

Hebrew פרסה (parsa)

Borrowed from Persian پارسا (pârsâ, “pious, devout”).

Questions about parsa

What does parsa mean?
Parsa means a Hebrew measure of itinerant distance: one parsa is about four kilometers, approximately the distance a man can walk in 72 minutes; a parasang.
What part of speech is parsa?
Parsa can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of parsa?
The plural of parsa is parsas.

Words near parsa in the dictionary

  1. pars nervosa
  2. pars off
  3. pars recta
  4. pars tensa
  5. pars tuberalis
  6. parsa
  7. parsability
  8. parsable
  9. parsalmide
  10. parsas
  11. Parscal

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