English Explanatory Dictionary

parsa

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A Hebrew measure of itinerant distance: one parsa is about four kilometers, approximately the distance a man can walk in 72 minutes; a parasang.
name
  1. A surname from Persian.

Word forms

parsa parsas

Etymology

Hebrew פרסה (parsa)

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