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PARTHIAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The Iranian language spoken in the Parthian kingdom (250 BC to AD 226)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Parthian" is a kind of...):
Pahlavi; Pehlevi (the Iranian language of the Zoroastrian literature of the 3rd to 10th centuries)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A native or inhabitant of Parthia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Parthian" is a kind of...):
Asian; Asiatic (a native or inhabitant of Asia)
Holonyms ("Parthian" is a member of...):
Parthia (an ancient kingdom in Asia to the southeast of the Caspian Sea; it dominated southwestern Asia from about 250 BC to AD 226)
Derivation:
Parthian (pertaining to Parthia or its people or language or culture)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pertaining to Parthia or its people or language or culture
Example:
Parthian archeology
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
Parthia (an ancient kingdom in Asia to the southeast of the Caspian Sea; it dominated southwestern Asia from about 250 BC to AD 226)
Derivation:
Parthia (an ancient kingdom in Asia to the southeast of the Caspian Sea; it dominated southwestern Asia from about 250 BC to AD 226)
Parthian (a native or inhabitant of Parthia)
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