Parsa (

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

: پارسا ''pārsā'') as a given name or surname is from Persian origin meaning "devout, pious". It may refer to:

Places

Nepal

Parsa, Rupandehi Parsa is a village development committee in Rupandehi District in Lumbini Province of southern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statis ...

, a village development committee in Rupandehi District, Lumbini Zone, Nepal *

Parsa, Sarlahi Parsa is a rural municipality in Sarlahi District, a part of Province No. 2 Madhesh Province ( Nepali/ mai, मधेश प्रदेश) is a province of Nepal that was formed after the adoption of the Constitution of Nepal. It is Nepal' ...

, a rural municipality in Sarlahi District, Nepal *

Parsa District Parsa District ( ne, पर्सा जिल्ला), a part of Madhesh Province in Terai plain, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Birgunj as its district headquarters, covers an area of and has a populat ...

, a district in Narayani Zone, Nepal *

Parsa National Park Parsa National Park is a protected area in the Inner Terai lowlands of south-central Nepal. It covers an area of in the Parsa, Makwanpur and Bara districts and ranges in altitude from to in the Siwalik Hills. It was established as a wild ...

, south-central Nepal *

Parsa Bazar Parsa Bazar पर्साबजार is a town situated in 18 km east of Bharatpur, in Chitwan District, Nepal. It is central part of the country and directly connected with Mahendra Highway in Khairahani Khairahani is a municipali ...

, a town east of Bharatpur, in Chitwan District, Nepal

Other places

Parsa (Vidhan Sabha constituency) Parsa Assembly constituency is an Vidhan Sabha, assembly constituency in Saran district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Bihar. Overview As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 12 ...

, an assembly constituency in Bihar, India *

Parsa, Ghazipur Parsa is a village located in Mohammadabad tehsil of Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh. It has total 1,148 families residing. Parsa has population of 6,330 as per Population Census 2011. Administration This village is administrated by Gram Pancha ...

, a village in Ghazipur District, Uttar Pradesh, India * Pārsa or

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, a city built by Darius the Great, serving as capital of the Achaemenid Empire in Persia (Iran) *

Parsa, Mazandaran Parsa ( fa, پارسا, also Romanized as Pārsā) is a village in Shohada Rural District, Yaneh Sar District, Behshahr County Behshahr County ( fa, شهرستان بهشهر, ''Šahrestân-e Behšahr''; mzn, اَشرِفِ شهرستون, ...

, a village in Mazandaran Province, Iran *

Parsa, Godda Parsa is a village in Mahagama CD block in Godda subdivision of Godda district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Geography Location Parsa is located at . Parsa has an area of . Overview The map shows a hilly area with the Ra ...

, a village in Jharkhand, India

People

Given name

Parsa Pirouzfar Parsa Pirouzfar ( fa, پارسا پیروزفر, born 13 September 1972) is an Iranian actor, theatre director, painter, playwright and translator. He is best known for his acting in '' In the Eyes of the Wind'' (2009–2010) and ''Mum's Guest'' ...

(born 1972), Iranian actor, theatre director, acting instructor, playwright, translator

Surname

Ahmad Parsa Ahmad Parsa (1907 in Tafresh, Iran – July 4, 1997 in California) was an Iranian botanist. After obtaining his doctorate in France, he returned to Iran and became the first modern professor of Botany at Tehran in 1933. He helped establish a natur ...

(1907–1997), Iranian botanist *

Ali Parsa Ali Parsadoust (commonly known as Ali Parsa) is a British-Iranian healthcare entrepreneur and former investment banker. He is the founder and CEO of digital healthcare company Babylon Health and the co-founder and former CEO of hospital operator C ...

(born 1965), British-Iranian healthcare entrepreneur and former investment banker *

Asghar Parsa Asghar Parsa ( fa, اصغر پارسا; 1919-2007) was a prominent member of Iran's National Front. After graduating from Tehran University's School of Law, he served in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was elected to Majlis from Khoy in 1951 ...

(1919–2007), member of Iran's National Front *

Davood Parsa-Pajouh Davood Parsa-Pajouh (Persianداوود پارساپژوه) was a prominent scholar at the University of Tehran. He was professor of the Department of Wood Science and Technology at the Faculty of Natural Resources, and the author and translato ...

, Iranian scholar at the University of Tehran *

FakhrAfagh Parsa FakhrAfagh Parsa ( fa, فخرآفاق پارسا) (born in Tehran in 1898), was a journalist during the Iranian Constitutional Revolution and a member of the Women's Movement in Iran. She was the mother of Farrokhroo Parsa, the first female minis ...

(1898–?), Iranian journalist during the Iranian Constitutional Revolution and a member of the Women's Movement in Iran *

Farrokhroo Parsa Farrokhroo Parsa ( fa, فرخ‌رو پارسا; 24 March 1922 – 8 May 1980) was an Iranian physician, educator, and parliamentarian. She served as minister of education under Amir Abbas Hoveida and was the first female cabinet minister. Pa ...

(1922–1980), Iranian physician, educator, parliamentarian and government minister *

Khwaja Abu Nasr Parsa Khwaja Abu Nasr Parsa (died 1461) was a 15th-century Sufi of the Naqshbandi order from the city of Balkh ), named for its green-tiled ''Gonbad'' ( prs, گُنبَد, dome), in July 2001 , pushpin_map=Afghanistan#Bactria#West Asia , pushpin_reli ...

(died 1460), a spiritual leader of the Naqshbandi order of Sufism *

Michael Parsa Michael Parsa ( fa, میکائیل پارسا) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario during the 2018 general election. He represents the riding of Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill, and is a member ...

, Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario *

Nasrat Parsa Nasrat Parsa ( fa, نصرت پارسا, February 22, 1968 – May 8, 2005) was an Afghan singer. Up until his death, he continued his music in exile from Hamburg, Germany, occasionally touring other countries. Personal life upNasrat Parsa Ba ...

(1968–2005), Afghan singer *

Niloofar Parsa Niloofar Parsa ( fa, نیلوفر پارسا; born April 16, 1990) in Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the Capital city, capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and ...

, Iranian actress *

Reza Parsa Reza Parsa is a Swedish film director. At the age of 22, he was admitted to the 4-year directing program at the National Film School of Denmark (1991–95) and directed the most award-winning (11 awards) graduation film, ''Never (Gränsen)'', ...

, Swedish film director

Other uses

* ''Parsa'' (TV series), a Pakistani drama TV series *PARSA, an early name of Turismo Aéreo, today known as

Air Panama Air Panama is a regional airline based at Albrook "Marcos A. Gelabert" International Airport in Panama, and is currently the second-largest air carrier in the country, surpassed only by Copa Airlines. The carrier offers both scheduled and chart ...

Pars (disambiguation) Pars may refer to: * Fars Province of Iran, also known as Pars Province * Pars (Sasanian province), a province roughly corresponding to the present-day Fars, 224–651 * ''Pars'', for ''Persia'' or ''Iran'', in the Persian language * Pars News Ag ...

Fars (disambiguation) Fars, FARs or FARS may refer to: Iran-related * Fars Province, a province in Iran ** Dialects of Fars, a number of dialects spoken in the Fars province *Fars (East Syrian Ecclesiastical Province), former ecclesiastical province in the Church of ...

Persia (disambiguation) Persia, or Iran, is a country in Western Asia. Persia may also refer to: Places * The Achaemenid Empire (550 B.C. to 330 B.C.), an ancient Iranian empire based in Western Asia and founded by Cyrus the Great. * The Sasanian Empire (224–661) * ...

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