MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Parasi mean?
Parasi matches an Indo-Aryan form of the word Persian. Sanskrit pārasi is also recorded for the Persian language, giving the form a linguistic and geographic sense.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
पारसी
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Parasi in Indian usage
6,656 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (95.4%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 6,347 records (95.4%).
- Recorded as male: 309 records (4.6%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 216 |
| 1950s | 599 |
| 1960s | 1,239 |
| 1970s | 1,488 |
| 1980s | 1,914 |
| 1990s | 1,098 |
| Other decades | 102 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Rajasthan | 5,943 |
| Maharashtra | 411 |
| Other states | 302 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- Monier-Williams, pārasī, p. 620,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.