para
English
/ˈpɑːɹə/, /ˈpɑːɹə/, /ˈpæɹə/, /ˈpæɹə/, /ˈpæɹə/, /ˈpæɹə/
noun
Definitions
- (historical) A former subunit of currency in several countries in the Ottoman/Turkish and Yugoslav regions.
Etymology
Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian pàra derived from Ottoman Turkish پاره (money) derived from Persian پاره (portion, money).
Origin
Persian
پاره
Gloss
portion, money
Concept
Semantic Field
Quantity
Ontological Category
Classifier
Kanji
金
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bellum English
- l English
- la English
- parabellum English
- paraphile English
- parawise English
- compound, en Latin
- para Dutch, Flemish
- pàra Serbo-Croatian
- փարա Armenian
- پاره Persian
- para Turkish
- пара Kazakh
- pare Albanian
- پاره Ottoman Turkish
- *bakɨr Proto-Turkic
- парэ Adyghe
- para Crimean Tatar
- pere Zazaki
- baer Dongxiang