پارسال

Persian

Etymology

A compound of پار (pâr, “last”) +‎ سال (sâl, “year”).

The first component is from Old Persian [script needed] (paruva), from Proto-Iranian *pṛHwo-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per- (cognates include English before), and the second component is from Middle Persian ŠNT (sāl, “year”), from Old Persian 𐎰𐎼𐎭 (θ-r-d /⁠θard-, θarad-⁠/, “year”), from Proto-Iranian *carHdáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćarHáts.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [pɑːɾ.ˈsɑːl]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɑːɾ.sɑ́ːl]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɑːɾ.sɑ́ːl]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰɑːɾ.sɑ́ːl]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰɔːɾ.sɔ́ːl̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɒːɹ.sɒ́ːl̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɔɾ.sɔ́l]

Readings
Classical reading?	pārsāl
Dari reading?	pārsāl
Iranian reading?	pârsâl
Tajik reading?	porsol

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Noun

Dari	پارسال
Iranian Persian
Tajik	порсол

پارسال • (pârsâl)

1. last year

   Synonyms: سال پیش (sâl-e piš), سال گذشته (sâl-e gozašte), سال قبل (sâl-e qabl)

Related terms

• امسال (emsâl)
• سال (sâl)
• سالیانه (sâliyâne)

 

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “sāl”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press