Senses
1. Persia / Persian(s) — The proper noun Paras in its gentilicized or national sense, referring to Persia or the Persians as a people/nation, typically appearing alongside Madai (Media) in compound expressions like 'Media and Persia'. S128625 covers conjunctive forms ('and Persia/Persians') while S128626 is the bare nominal form. Multilingual evidence is uniform: eng 'Persia/Paras', spa 'Persia', hin पारस, arb فُرْس/فَارِسَ, kor 바사, swa 'Waajemi'. The conjunction waw prefix is purely grammatical. 6×
AR["فارِس","فَارِسَ","وَ-الْفُرْسِ"]·ben["এবং-পারসীকদের","এবং-পারসীকে","পারস্যের"]·DE["Persien","und-Persien"]·EN["Paras","and-Paras"]·FR["Perse","et-Perse"]·heb["ו-פרס","פרס"]·HI["और-पारस","और-पारस-की","फारस-के"]·ID["Persia","dan-Persia"]·IT["Persia","e-Persia"]·jav["Persia","lan-tiyang-Pèrsia"]·KO["그리고-바사-에게","그리고-바사-의","바사"]·PT["Paras","e-Persia","e-persas"]·RU["Параса","и-Параса","и-Парасу"]·ES["Paras","Persia.","y-Persia"]·SW["Uajemi","na-Waajemi","wa-Uajemi"]·TR["Medlerin","Parsin","ve-Perslere","ve-Perslerin"]·urd["اور-فارسیوں-کو","اور-فارسیوں-کی","فارس-کے"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† פָּרַס n.pr. terr. et gent. Persia (as kingdom), Persians (v. BH id.)—;פ׳ Dn 6:9, 13, 16; פָּרָ֑ס 5:28; Ezr 4:24; 6:14.