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