Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

parasang

/ˈpɛɹəsæŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: parasang
IPA: /ˈpɛɹəsæŋ/

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A historical Iranian unit of itinerant distance used throughout the Western Mediterranean and the Middle East in antiquity, originally the distance travelled in one hour, and generally assumed to be equivalent to about six kilometres.

Example Sentences

"To see so much difference betwixt words and deeds, so many parasangs betwixt tongue and heart […]."
"We were told that we still had to drive six or sixty parasang."

Etymology

From Latin parasanga, from Ancient Greek παρασάγγης (parasángēs), from unattested Old Persian *frasanhvah (indigenously attested only in Middle Iranian onwards); compare Middle Persian [script needed] (frasang /⁠plsng⁠/, “frasang (4 Roman miles)”) (whence Persian فرسنگ (farsang)). Doublet of farsang and farsakh.

Origin

Source language: Old Persian

Word Breakdown

Root: *frasanhvah

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈpɛɹəsæŋ/
British English: /ˈpaɹəsaŋ/

Inflected Forms

parasangs (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce parasang?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɛɹəsæŋ/.
What does parasang mean?: A historical Iranian unit of itinerant distance used throughout the Western Mediterranean and the Middle East in antiquity, originally the distance travelled in one hour, and generally assumed to be equivalent to about six kilometres.
Where does parasang come from?: It is traced to Old Persian.

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