Parsi

noun

Par·​si ˈpär-(ˌ)sē 

variants or less commonly Parsee

1

: a Zoroastrian descended from Persian refugees settled principally at Mumbai (Bombay)

2

: the Iranian dialect of the Parsi religious literature

Parsiism

ˈpär-(ˌ)sē-ˌi-zəm 

noun

Examples of Parsi in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Why President Biden Failed at getting Israel to yes: Interview Trita Parsi, executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, discuses the latest on the ceasefire deal (now on hold)between Israel and Hamas. —The Hill, 16 Jan. 2025

Trump could make an improvement to U.S. foreign policy, write Samuel Moyn, a professor of law and history at Yale, and Trita Parsi of the Better Order Project at the Quincy Institute. —Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025

Iran may also use its proxies in the region as leverage in potential talks with an incoming Trump administration, Parsi said. —Mostafa Salem, CNN, 7 Dec. 2024

Ideas By Trita Parsi August 1, 2024 12:54 PM EDT Trita Parsi is the executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, a think-tank that advocates for a U.S. foreign policy centered on diplomacy and military restraint. —Trita Parsi, TIME, 1 Aug. 2024

Trita Parsi from the Quincy Institute in Washington, an expert on Iran and U.S.-Israel relations, points out in an interview with Morning Edition's Leila Fadel that despite public defiance from the Netanyahu government, the U.S. has tremendous influence. —Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 19 Apr. 2024

Iran’s membership also undermines leverage Washington held over Tehran as a kind of global gatekeeper, said Trita Parsi of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. —Lynsey Chutel, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2023

For Parsi, however, the greatest danger lies in the fraying social fabric of Western liberal societies. —Foreign Affairs, 19 Apr. 2022

Here's what that means for the Middle East Opposing interests proved too strong, Parsi said, and normalization never took place. —Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 14 June 2023

Word History

Etymology

Persian pārsī, from Pārs Persia

First Known Use

1583, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for Parsi

• darcy
• farsi
• tarsi

Kids Definition

Parsi

noun

Par·​si

variants also Parsee

ˈpär-ˌsē 

: a Zoroastrian descended from Persian refugees settled principally at Mumbai (Bombay)