para meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

para

noun

UK /ˈpɑːɹə/ · US /ˈpɑːɹə/

Etymology Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian pàra /па̀ра, from Ottoman Turkish پاره (pare, para), from Persian پاره (pâre).

Historical A former subunit of currency in several countries in the Ottoman/Turkish and Yugoslav regions.

She managed things with so much economy that she was enabled to save two paras every day, out of the piastre which he gave her.1854, Bayard Taylor, A Journey to Central Africa; or, Life and Landscapes from Egypt...:

para

adj

/ˈpæɹə/

Etymology Clipping of paralytic.

Australia, UK, Slang Very drunk.

para

noun

/ˈpɑːɹə/

Etymology Clipping of words such as primipara and multipara.

Medicine, Sciences A woman who has given birth or brought pregnancies to viable gestational age a certain number of times, indicated by the number prepended to this word.

Related terms: multipara, nullipara, primipara, gravida

para

noun

New Zealand Synonym of king fern (“the plant Ptisana salicina”).

para

noun

Etymology Borrowed from Urdu پاره (pāra), from Persian پاره (pâre).

Islam, Lifestyle, Religion South Asia Synonym of juz.

Related terms: para grass, para para, para red

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