parsi

«parsi» in Mova's school dictionary: A member of a community in India whose ancestors came… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a Parsi, Parsis; also Parsee); adjective (Parsi)

meaning for a pupil

1) (a name of a people) A member of a community in India whose ancestors came from Persia (Iran) over a thousand years ago and who follow the Zoroastrian religion. tree →

2) (adjective) Belonging to this community. tree →

sense in the lessons

In Kipling's Just So Stories, «How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin» tells of a Parsee man with a hat that shone in the sun, who lived on an uninhabited island in the Red Sea and got his revenge on the rude Rhinoceros with cake crumbs. In geography and religion lessons, Parsis live mostly around Mumbai and are known for their fire temples.

examples

• The Parsee in the Just So Story had a hat that shone in the sun. tree →
• The Parsee filled the Rhinoceros's skin with cake crumbs. tree →
• Parsis follow the Zoroastrian faith. tree →
• The Parsi community lives mostly in Mumbai. tree →
• Freddie Mercury's family were Parsis. tree →
• A sacred fire burns in the Parsi temple. tree →

note

Written with a capital P: Parsi or Parsee (the older spelling Kipling used). Their religion is Zoroastrianism, one of the oldest religions that worship one God.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «parsi» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.