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Definitions: Parthian |
ParthianAdjective1. Pertaining to Parthia or its people or language or culture; "Parthian archeology". 2. Delivered at the moment of parting as if in flight or retreat; "paused to deliver a parting shot at the door"; "a Parthian volley of expletives from Uncle Billy"- Bret Harte. Noun1. A native or inhabitant of Parthia. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Parthian" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Synonym: ParthianSynonym: parting (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Parthian |
| English words defined with "Parthian": Parthian arrow, parting. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He had fled like a Parthian, launching a nickname behind him. |
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Economic History | Turkmenistan | One hundred fifty years later the Parthian Kingdom took control of Turkmenistan, establishing its capital in Nisa, an area now located in the suburbs of the modern-day capital of Ashgabat. (references) |
Iran | After the Hellenistic period (300-250 B.C.) came the Parthian (250 B.C.-226 A.D.) and the Sassanian (226-651) dynasties. (references) | |
Iraq | Once known as Mesopotamia, Iraq was the site of flourishing ancient civilizations, including the Sumerian, Babylonian, and Parthian cultures. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Parthian" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Parthian" is used about 8 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 8 | 124,375 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "Parthian": parthian arrow ♦ parthian shaft ♦ parthian shot. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
parthian | 10 |
parthian empire | 4 |
army parthian | 2 |
magi parthian | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "Parthian"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | stuk (bit, fragment, lump, part, piece, share, spare part), gedeelte (part, piece, share), deel (part, piece, share), aandeel (part, piece, share). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Parthisch, Part (part, piece, share), stuk (act, article, beautiful woman, beauty, brick, broken, certificate, chunk, component, damaged, detail, diploma, document, end, fragment, item, lump, machine component, machine member, machine part, member, out of order, paper, part, piece, piece of a machine, piece of music, play, sculptor's plaster, share, stucco, theatre play), onderdeel (component, element, lower part, machine element, part, partial part, piece, share), gedeelte (fragment, generatrix, part, piece, share, surface), deel (beam, deal, element, flitch, fragment, item, part, part of a volume, particle, piece, plank, portion of a piece, share, volume). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | parto (part, share). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | partur (chapter, part, piece, share, volume), lutur (article, commodity, object, part, piece, rôle, share, thing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | partie (parcel, part, party), Parthe, part (part). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | oandiel (part, piece, share), diel (part, piece, share). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Teil (appanage, area, bit, body part, chapter, component, deal, detail, district, machine component, machine member, machine part, member, part, partial, particle, partition, parts, party, piece, piece of a machine, portion, proportion, scrap, section, segment, share, slice, spare, spare part, spur, stint, stretch, tract, unit, workpiece), Anteil (allotment, concern, contribution, cut, interest, interesting, no par value share, no-par stock, no-par value share, part, piece, portion, proportion, quantity, quota, share, share without par value, stake, stint, stock, sympathy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πάρθιοσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | pártus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | porzione (allotment, helping, in dish, in portions, moiety, part, piece, portion, serving, share), parte (direction, faction, it leaves, leaves, moiety, part, piece, portion, portion of a piece, quarter, rake off, rate, role, section, segment, share, side, whack). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | arthianpay część. (various references) partitivo (partial, partly), partenon, parte (deal, it leaves, leaves, lot, parcel, part, part of a volume, piece, portion, quantum, quota, role, section, share, snack, suitor), parcial (biased, cammed, colored, coloured, discriminatory, half a day, lopsided, one-sided concession, partial, tendentious, unfair), parcela (allotment, drop, experimental unit, lot, parcel, part, plot, portion, quota, share), pártico, relativo aos partos, quinhão (dose, lot, part, portion, quota, share, shot, slice, snack). (various references) parte (aspect, corner, district, flank, fragment, hand, joint, lot, movement, neighborhood, neighbourhood, part, partition, party, passus, piece, proportion, region, sect, section, segment, share, side, snack, whack, zone), part. (various references) парфянский. (various references) parćanski. (various references) parto (accouchement, birth, calving, calving down, childbearing, childbed, childbirth, confinement, delivery, freshening, labor, labour, lying in, parturition, partus), parte (allotment, bit, Cantel, Cantle, communique, component, crumb, deal, despatch, detail, device, dial, dispatch, district, doormat, element, end, episode, faction, fragmemt, granule, kernel, lieu, lot, part, partition, party, patch, percentage, piece, place, point, portion, proportion, quantum, report, role, section, share, side, slice, some, spot, substance, the part, way, whack). (various references) part (faction, part, party, piece, share, side, suitor), del (article, end, episode, fraction, installment, instalment, member, part, part of a volume, partition, piece, portion, portion of a piece, section, segment, share, volume), andel (concern, cut, divvy, end, interest, lot, part, piece, proportion, quota, share, slice, toll, whack). (various references) parthia'lı. (various references) парфянський, парфянин. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | parthi. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Parthian" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Paarshin, Partha, Parthenais, Parthenay, Parthia, partholan, Pathana, Pathirane, Patthana, Perahia, Prathin. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "Parthian" (pronounced 'Par"thi*an'): Abderian, Absinthian, Academian, Academician, Acadian, Acanthopterygian, Acaridan, Achean, Achillean, Acoustician, Acritan, Acroceraunian, Acropolitan, Adamantean, Adessenarian, Adonean, Adrian, AEgean, AEolian, AEonian, AEsculapian, AEsthetican, Ahriman, Airman, Airwoman, Ajouan, Ajowan, ajwain, Alabastrian, Alan, Alban, Albanian, Albigensian, Aldebaran, Alderman, Alexandrian, Algerian, Algonkian, Algonquian, Alkoran, Alloxan, Almsman, Alogian, Alongshoreman, Alphabetarian, Altitudinarian, Amatorian, Amazonian, Amebean, Ametabolian, Amoebean, Amoebian, Amphigean, Anan, Andean, Anglian, Annulosan, Antaean, Antediluvian, Antelucan, Antemeridian, Anthobian, Anthozoan, Anthropophaginian, Anti-American, Antichristian, Anti-Gallican, Antiochian, Antiphlogistian, Antipodean, Antiquitarian, Antisabbatarian, Anythingarian, Aonian, Apalachian, Aphidian, Aphrodisian, Apian, Apiarian, Apician, Apodan, Apogean, Appalachian, Appian, Apteran, Aquitanian, Arachnidan, Araneidan, Araucarian, Archaeologian, Archilochian, Archimedean, Argean, Argoan, Ariman, Aristarchian, Aristotelian, Arithmetician, Arriere-ban, Artesian, Arthurian, Artilleryman, Artisan, Artsman, Arundelian, Ascian, Ascidian, Asian, Assemblyman, Assidean, Assyrian, Asteridian, Astrachan, Astraean, Astrakhan, Astrologian, Astronomian, Asturian, Ataman, Atellan, Athanasian, Athenian, Atlantean, Atman, Atomician, Attitudinarian, Augean, Augustan, Ausonian, Australasian, Austrian, Austro-Hungarian, Avestan, Avian, Axman, Azorian, Backwoodsman, Bactrian, Badian, Bagman, Banian, Barbadian, Bargeman, Barracan, Bartizan, Basan, Basilican, Batrachian, batsman, Bavarian, Bavian, Bayman, bean, Bedpan, Belgravian, Bellman, Bemean, Bemoan, Berkeleian, Bezonian, Billman, Biorgan, Birdwoman, Biscayan, Boatsman, Boatwoman, Bodian, Bodleian, Boeotian, Bolivian, Bolognian, Bombardman, Bonapartean, Bondman, BONDSMAN, Bondswoman, Bondwoman, Bookman, Bordman, Bosjesman, Bosporian, Bothnian, Bothnic, Brachman, Brachyuran, Brainpan, Brakeman, Bran, Brazilian, Breakman, Brelan, Briarean, Bridesman, Briefman, Brobdingnagian, Brogan, Brownian, Brunonian, Bryozoan, Bunnian, Buprestidan, Burman, Bushelman, Bushman, Butterman, Byzantian, Cabirean, Cabirian, Cabman, Cadmean, Cadmian, Caducean, Caecilian, Caledonian, Californian, Callithumpian, Callosan, Cameronian, Campanularian, Canadian, Cancan, Cancellarean, Canoeman, Cantabrian, Cantabrigian, Capstan, Caravan, Carlovingian, Carman, Carolinian, Carpathian, Carthaginian, Cartman, Cassican, Castalian, Castellan, Castilian, Castillan, Castrensian, Cataian, Catalan, Catamaran, Cateran, Catilinarian, Catonian, Cavalryman, Cayman, Celtiberian, Censorian, Centenarian, Cerberean, Cercarian, Cerinthian, Cerulean, Cestoldean, Cetacean, Chairman, Chalcidian, Chaldean, Chalybean, Chapman, Charlatan, Charwoman, Chelonian, Chessman, Chian, Chinaman, Chondropterygian, Chouan, Chthonian, Chulan, Churchman, Ciceronian, Cilician, Cimbrian, Cimmerian, Circassian, Circean, Circummeridian, Cisleithan, Cistercian, Civilian, Clachan, Clan, Clansman, Classman, Clergyman, Cluniacensian, Clysmian, Coachman, Cobswan, Coetanean, Coffeeman, Cogman, Coguardian, Coleopteran, Coleridgian, Collegian, Colorman, Colossean, Columbian, Comedian, Committeeman, Complutensian, Concubinarian, Confucian, Congressman, Conquian, Consistorian, Cooncan, Copeman, Copernican, Coprophagan, Corallian, Corban, Cordovan, Cornelian, Cornopean, Costean, Cotquean, Councilman, Counterman, Countryman, Countrywoman, Courtesan, Cousin-german, Cowan, Cracksman, Cracovian, Craftsman, Cragsman, Cretan, Cretian, Crinoidean, Croatian, Crocodilian, Cronian, Crossbowman, Crossopterygian, Crustacean, Ctenoidean, Cuban, Cucquean, Cumbrian, Cunningman, Custodian, Cyanean, Cycloidian, Cyclopean, Cystidean, Cytherean, Czarinian, Dacian, Dairyman, Dairywoman, Dalesman, Dalmatian, Daltonian, Dantean, Danubian, Dardanian, Daysman, Daywoman, Dean, Deathsman, Decoy-man, Decuman, Dedalian, Dellacruscan, Delphian, Demiman, Demonian, Dermopteran, Desman, Dialectician, Dian, Diandrian, Dictatorian, Dictionalrian, Didelphian, Didynamian, Dietarian, Diluvian, Dimeran, Dimyarian, Dionysian, Dipteran, Dipterygian, Disman, Ditrochean, Divan, Doctrinarian, Dodman, Doggerman, Dogmatician, Dollman, Domesman, Doomsman, Draconian, Draftsman. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-h-i-n-p-r-t" | |
-1 letter: piranha. | |
-2 letters: antiar, harpin, hatpin, pariah, parian, partan, patina, pinata, pirana, raphia, taipan, tarpan, trapan. | |
-3 letters: airth, antra, apart, apian, arhat, atria, atrip, inapt, naira, paint, patin, pinta, print, ratan, riant, riata, tapir, thrip, tiara, train. | |
-4 letters: airn, airt, anta, anti, aria, atap, haar, hair, hant, harp, hart, hint, nipa, pain, pair, pant, para, part, path, phat, pian, pina, pint, pirn, pita, pith, prat, raia, rain, rani, rant, rapt, rath, tahr, tain, tapa, tarn, tarp, than, thin, thir, trap, trip. | |
-5 letters: aah, aha, ain, air, ait, ana, ani, ant, apt, art, hap, hat, hin, hip, hit, nah, nap, nip, nit, nth, pah, pan, par, pat, phi, pht, pia, pin, pit, rah, ran, rap, rat, ria, rin, rip, tan, tap, tar, tin, tip. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-h-i-n-p-r-t" | |
+1 letter: parathion. | |
+2 letters: parathions. | |
+3 letters: anthropical, antiphonary, antiphrases, antiphrasis, artisanship, parachuting. | |
+4 letters: artisanships, autographing, azathioprine, camphorating, naprapathies, naturopathic, panchromatic, pantographic, partisanship, pathbreaking, prothalamion, straphanging, transshaping, watermanship. | |
+5 letters: anthropophagi, antiapartheid, antiphonaries, azathioprines, cinematograph, craftsmanship, draftsmanship, grantsmanship, haruspication, hyperrational, mastigophoran, naturopathies, parasynthesis, parasynthetic, parenthetical, partisanships, phalansteries, phenobarbital, watermanships. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 61 72 74 68 69 61 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .- .-. - .... .. .- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01100001 01110010 01110100 01101000 01101001 01100001 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P a r t h i a n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0061 0072 0074 0068 0069 0061 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5067848674756780 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Quotations: Fiction 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Expressions 10. Expressions: Internet 11. Translations: Modern 12. Translations: Ancient | 13. Derivations 14. Rhymes 15. Anagrams 16. Orthography | 17. Bibliography |
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