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Parsis

Parsis is the plural of Parsi.

Meaning of Parsi

Noun (1)

Parsi (plural Parsis)

  1. A member of the larger and older of the two Zoroastrian communities of the Indian subcontinent (the other community being that of the Iranis).

Noun (2)

Parsi (plural Parsis)

  1. A Persian.
    • This is a well-known fact, that the language spoken by conquerors who have established themselves, when it has been disseminated amongst people, great and small, has become the common language of the country. Just as in Baghdád, where originally but little Persian was spoken, when the Khalífa's...1871, The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians, volume 3, page 562

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Questions about Parsis

What is Parsis the plural of?
Parsis is the plural of Parsi.

Words near Parsis in the dictionary

  1. parsing
  2. parsing tree
  3. parsing trees
  4. parsings
  5. Parsippany
  6. Parsis
  7. Parsism
  8. Parsistan
  9. Parskahayk
  10. parsley
  11. parsley fern

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