parasang

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

parasange

Synonymes

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Traductions

فرسخ

parasanghe

fersah

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈpaɹəsaŋ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à pahlavi:

Appartenant à persan: فرسنگ

In summary

From Latin parasanga, from Ancient Greek παρασάγγης (parasángēs), from unattested Old Persian *frasanhva- (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.