παράδεισος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing, ultimately from Proto-Iranian *paridayjah.[1][2]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πᾰρᾰ́δεισος • (parádeisos) m (genitive πᾰρᾰδείσου); second declension

  1. the garden owned by the Persian nobility
  2. enclosed park, pleasure-ground
  3. (biblical) Garden of Eden
  4. the afterlife location of the blessed: paradise

Inflection

Descendants

References

  1. Hinz, Walther (1975) “*pardaiδa-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 179
  2. Tavernier, Jan (2007) Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, pages 446, 447

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παράδεισος (parádeisos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paˈra.ði.sos/

Noun

παράδεισος • (parádeisos) m (plural παράδεισοι)

  1. paradise
    Antonym: κόλαση (kólasi)

Declension

Derived terms

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