paradise
English
/ˈpæ.ɹə.daɪs/
noun
Definitions
- (chiefly) The place where sanctified souls are believed to live after death.
- (Abrahamic) A garden where Adam and Eve first lived after being created.
- (figuratively) A very pleasant place; a place full of lush vegetation.
- (figuratively) A very pleasant experience.
- (architecture) An open space within a monastery or adjoining a church, such as the space within a cloister, the open court before a basilica, etc.
- (obsolete) A churchyard or cemetery.
- (slang) The upper gallery in a theatre.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English paradis inherited from Old English paradīs derived from Old French paradis derived from Latin paradīsus derived from Ancient Greek παράδεισος (royal park, orchard) derived from Proto-Iranian *paridayjah.
Origin
Proto-Iranian
*paridayjah
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- disparadise English
- fish English
- imparadise English
- paradisal English
- paradisefish English
- paradisian English
- paradisic English
- paradol English
- unparadise English
- paradisus Latin
- paradīsus Latin
- paraíso Spanish, Castilian
- παράδεισος Ancient Greek
- paradis Old English
- paradīs Old English
- paradis Middle English
- paradís Old Norse
- فردوس Arabic
- فِرْدَوْس Arabic
- paradis Old French
- parvis Old French
- paradís Catalan, Valencian
- paradwys Welsh
- paradīs Old High German
- պարտէզ Old Armenian
- paradis Middle French
- paradīs Old Dutch
- parayso Old Portuguese
- paradís Occitan
- ⲡⲁⲣⲁⲇⲓⲥⲟⲥ Coptic
- paradais Tok Pisin
- פַּרְדֵּיסָא Aramaic
- פרדיסא Aramaic
- *paridayjah Proto-Iranian
- 𐎱𐎼𐎭𐎹𐎭𐎠𐎶 Old Persian
- 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌⸱𐬛𐬀𐬉𐬰𐬀 Avestan