Pars

• Pārs

Borrowed from Classical Persian پَارْس (pārs), from Middle Persian 𐭯𐭠𐭫𐭮𐭩 (Pārs), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /⁠pārsa⁠/).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɑːs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɑɹs/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)s

Pars

1. A province and historical region in southwestern Iran, homeland of the Persians; known to the ancient Greeks as Περσίς (Persís) or Περσική (Persikḗ), to the Romans as Persis or Persia, and to the Arabs as فَارِس (fāris).

   Synonyms: Persia; Persia Proper, Persia proper; Persis; Fars; Parsistan; Farsistan

   • 1873, Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, page 428:

     PARS, Fars or Farsistan, is a province of the kingdom of Persia which gives its name to the country.

   • 1886, Civilization of the Eastern Irānians in Ancient Times‎^[1], page 107:

     Yet the Bundehesh locates it in Pars.

   • 1954, The Influence of Iran on Other Countries, page 6:

     […] of Pars or Persia.

Borrowed from Classical Persian پَارْس (pārs), from Middle Persian 𐭯𐭠𐭫𐭮𐭩 (Pārs), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /⁠pārsa⁠/).

• IPA^(key): /paʁs/

Pars m

1. Pars (a province and historical region in southwestern Iran, homeland of the Persians; known to the ancient Greeks as Περσίς (Persís) or Περσική (Persikḗ), to the Romans as Persis or Persia, and to the Arabs as فَارِس (fāris).)
   • 1761, Histoire universelle, page 636:

     Le Pars ou la Perſe proprement dite, qui avoit pour Capitale Shiraz ; […]

     Pars or Persia proper, which had Shiraz for capital; […]