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Parsee
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Derivatives :
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Parseeism
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Parsiism
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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- Parsee
['pɑrsɪ]
[pɑː'sɪ]
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noun
印度袄教徒(7-8世纪逃到印度的信袄教的波斯人的后裔)
Collins English-English Dictionary
- Parsee
['pɒːsiː]
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n
an adherent of a monotheistic religion of Zoroastrian origin, the practitioners of which were driven out of Persia by the Muslims in the eighth century ad. It is now found chiefly in western India
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adj
of or relating to the Parsees or their religion
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adj
[Etymology]
C17: from Persian Parsi a Persian, from Old Persian Parsa Persia
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