Definition of Parsi

1. Noun. A member of a monotheistic sect of Zoroastrian origin; descended from the Persians; now found in western India.

Exact synonyms: Parsee
Generic synonyms: Religious Person

Definition of Parsi

1. Noun. A member of the larger of the two Zoroastrian communities of the Indian subcontinent. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Parsi

Parophrys
Parophrys vitulus
Parousia
Parpi
Parrish
Parrot's disease
Parrotia
Parrotiopsis
Parry
Parry's penstemon
Parry's pinyon
Parry manzanita
Parsee
Parseeism
Parsees
Parsi
Parsiism
Parsis
Parsism
Parsonage-Turner syndrome
Parsons
Parsons table
Parsonsian
Partav
Parthenic
Parthenium
Parthenium argentatum
Parthenium hysterophorus
Parthenium integrifolium
Parthenocissus

Literary usage of Parsi

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"Some of the parsi pupils at the institution having shown an intention of becoming Christians, one of them was carried off by his friends, while two others ..."

2. Life in the Mission, the Camp, and the Zenáná, Or, Six Years in India by [Helen (Douglas)] Mackenzie, Mrs Colin Mackenzie (1854)
"... parsis—Bombay People—Governor Duncan—Mesmerism—Female Schools—Moveable Bungalows—parsi and Brahman Converts—Hungarian Cause—Archduchess Joseph— Narayan ..."

3. Modern India and the Indians: Being a Series of Impressions, Notes, and Essays by Monier Monier-Williams (1878)
"... parsi FUNERAL RITES AND THE parsi RELIGION. OBSERVANT European travellers, when they first arrive at Bombay, cannot fail to be struck with the ..."

4. Linguistic and Oriental Essays: Written from the Year 1840-1903 by Robert Needham Cust (1891)
"RELIGION OF THE parsi. BY MARTIN HAUG. EDITED BY EW WEST. MESSES. TRUBNER have inaugurated their new Oriental Series, destined to collect all extant ..."

5. Pahlavi Texts: Part I and II by Edward William West (1901)
"THE parsi SCRIPTURES. THOUGH we must look to the Avesta for information regarding the main outlines of the parsi religion, it is to Pahlavi writings we must ..."

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