PARTHIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Parthian mean? 

• PARTHIAN (noun)
  The noun PARTHIAN has 2 senses:

1. a native or inhabitant of Parthia

2. the Iranian language spoken in the Parthian kingdom (250 BC to AD 226)

  Familiarity information: PARTHIAN used as a noun is rare.

• PARTHIAN (adjective)
  The adjective PARTHIAN has 1 sense:

1. pertaining to Parthia or its people or language or culture

  Familiarity information: PARTHIAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PARTHIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Parthia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Parthian" is a kind of...):

Asian; Asiatic (a native or inhabitant of Asia)

Holonyms ("Parthian" is a member of...):

Parthia (an ancient kingdom in Asia to the southeast of the Caspian Sea; it dominated southwestern Asia from about 250 BC to AD 226)

Derivation:

Parthian (pertaining to Parthia or its people or language or culture)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The Iranian language spoken in the Parthian kingdom (250 BC to AD 226)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Parthian" is a kind of...):

Pahlavi; Pehlevi (the Iranian language of the Zoroastrian literature of the 3rd to 10th centuries)

• PARTHIAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pertaining to Parthia or its people or language or culture

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

Parthian archeology

Pertainym:

Parthia (an ancient kingdom in Asia to the southeast of the Caspian Sea; it dominated southwestern Asia from about 250 BC to AD 226)

Derivation:

Parthia (an ancient kingdom in Asia to the southeast of the Caspian Sea; it dominated southwestern Asia from about 250 BC to AD 226)

Parthian (a native or inhabitant of Parthia)