Definitions For Parasang

Noun

PARASANG (plural s or parasang) 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. from 16th c.

Translations

Armenian: : Old Armenian: հրասախ French: parasange Greek: : Ancient: παρασάγγης Italian: parasanga Latin: parasanga Russian: параса́нг, фарса́х

Etymology

From {{etyl, la, en}} parasanga, from (Ancient Greek)  παρασάγγης, from unattested {{etyl, peo, en}} (indigenously attested only in w:middle iranian languages, middle iranian onwards); compare {{cog, pal, plsng, tr=frasang, , frasang (4 roman miles)}} (whence {{cog, fa, فرسنگ, tr=farsang}}). {{doublet, en, farsang}}.

Anagrams

parganas, spargana {{topics, en, Units of measure}}