Pairidaeza
/ˌpaɪrɪˈdiːzə/noun
An enclosed garden or park, especially one associated with ancient Persian royal culture.
Did you know?The Greek word paradeisos, later borrowed into Latin and English as paradise, was adopted from Old Iranian descriptions of Persian royal hunting parks and gardens.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*dheigh-
“To shape, form, knead, or build”
Old Iranian
Old Iranian
*paridayda-
“An enclosure or walled estate, literally something made around”
Avestan
Avestan
pairidaēza
“A surrounding wall or enclosed garden”
4th Century BCE
Ancient Greek
παράδεισος (paradeisos)
“A park or pleasure garden, especially a Persian royal estate”
1st Century BCE
Latin
paradisus
“A park, garden, or paradise”
Old French
Old French
paradis
“Paradise or heavenly garden”
Modern English
English
paradise
“A place or state of supreme happiness, originally imagined as a garden”