parthian

1. 1.

   a native or inhabitant of Parthia

   BroaderAsian

   Part ofParthia
2. 2.

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

   BroaderPahlavi

1. 1.

   pertaining to Parthia or its people or language or culture

   “Parthian archeology”

Other forms of parthian

plural

parthians·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about parthian

What does parthian mean?

parthian means "a native or inhabitant of Parthia". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in parthian?

parthian has 3 syllables: par-thi-an. The stress falls on "par". In IPA it is /ˈpɑɹθiən/.

Is parthian a common word?

parthian is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.