paradise

par·a·dise  (pr-ds, -dz)

n.

1. often Paradise The Garden of Eden.

2. Christianity

a. The abode of righteous souls after death; heaven.

b. An intermediate resting place for righteous souls awaiting the Resurrection.

3. A place of ideal beauty or loveliness.

4. A state of delight.

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[Middle English paradis, from Old French, from Late Latin paradsus, from Greek paradeisos, garden, enclosed park, paradise, from Avestan pairidaza-, enclosure, park : pairi-, around; see per¹ in Indo-European roots + daz, wall; see dheigh- in Indo-European roots.]

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para·di·sia·cal (-d-s-kl, -z-), para·di·siac (-k), para·di·sai·cal (-d-s-kl, -z-), para·di·saic (-k), para·disal (-dsl, -zl) adj.

para·di·sia·cal·ly, para·di·sai·cal·ly, para·disal·ly adv.

Word History: The history of paradise is an extreme example of amelioration, the process by which a word comes to refer to something better than what it used to refer to. The old Iranian language Avestan had a noun pairidaza-, "a wall enclosing a garden or orchard," which is composed of pairi-, "around," and daza- "wall." The adverb and preposition pairi is related to the equivalent Greek form peri, as in perimeter. Daza- comes from the Indo-European root *dheigh-, "to mold, form, shape." Zoroastrian religion encouraged maintaining arbors, orchards, and gardens, and even the kings of austere Sparta were edified by seeing the Great King of Persia planting and maintaining his own trees in his own garden. Xenophon, a Greek mercenary soldier who spent some time in the Persian army and later wrote histories, recorded the pairidaza- surrounding the orchard as paradeisos, using it not to refer to the wall itself but to the huge parks that Persian nobles loved to build and hunt in. This Greek word was used in the Septuagint translation of Genesis to refer to the Garden of Eden, whence Old English eventually borrowed it around 1200.

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paradise [ˈpærəˌdaɪs]

n

1. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) heaven as the ultimate abode or state of the righteous

2. (Non-Christian Religions / Islam) Islam the sensual garden of delights that the Koran promises the faithful after death

3. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) Also called limbo (according to some theologians) the intermediate abode or state of the just prior to the Resurrection of Jesus, as in Luke 23:43

4. (Christian Religious Writings / Bible) the place or state of happiness enjoyed by Adam before the first sin; the Garden of Eden

5. any place or condition that fulfils all one's desires or aspirations

6. a park in which foreign animals are kept

[Old English, from Church Latin paradīsus, from Greek paradeisos garden, of Persian origin; compare Avestan pairidaēza enclosed area, from pairi- around + daēza wall]

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Paradise 

Abraham’s bosom The abode of the blessed dead. The phrase, of Scriptural origin, is usually confined to literary usage.

And it came to pass that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom. (Luke 16:22)

Resting one’s head on another’s bosom was an ancient gesture of close friendship; John the Beloved Disciple reclined on the bosom of Jesus at the Last Supper.

happy hunting ground Heaven, paradise; the abode of American Indian warriors after death, where game was plentiful. The phrase in this literal sense was first used by Washington Irving in

Bonneville in 1837. It has since come to mean any region of abundant supply or fertile yield:

Marin County—naturalists’ happy hunting ground—supplied the thirty nature subjects now displayed in … North American Hall. (California Academy of Sciences, News Letter, 1948)

kingdom come The next world, the afterlife; paradise; hades, hell.

And forty pounds be theirs, a pretty sum,
For sending such a rogue to kingdom come.
(Peter Pindar, Subjects for Painters, 1789)

This term is an irreverent excision from the Lord’s Prayer: “Thy kingdom come, thy will by done.” It is still in common usage, as illustrated by a citation in Webster’s Third:

… the guns that would blow everyone to kingdom come. (Meridel Le Sueur)

land of milk and honey An area of unusual fertility, abundance, and beauty; a paradise; a mecca; Israel. This expression appears in the Bible (Exodus 3:8; 33:3; Jeremiah 11:5) as a description of the Promised Land (Israel), a place where Moses and the oppressed Hebrews would have freedom, peace, and abundant blessings.

And I [God] am come down to deliver them out of the hands of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land flowing with milk and honey. (Exodus 3:8)

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	paradise - any place of complete bliss and delight and peace Eden, heaven, Shangri-la, nirvana, promised land region, part - the extended spatial location of something; "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space"
	2.	Paradise - (Christianity) the abode of righteous souls after death Heaven - the abode of God and the angels Christian religion, Christianity - a monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior

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paradise

noun

1. heaven, Promised Land, Zion (Christianity), Happy Valley (Islam), City of God, Elysian fields, garden of delights, divine abode, heavenly kingdom They believe they will go to paradise when they die.

2. Garden of Eden, Eden Adam and Eve's expulsion from Paradise

3. bliss, delight, heaven, felicity, utopia, seventh heaven This job is paradise compared to my last one.

Quotations
"Two paradises 'twere in one"
"To live in paradise alone" [Andrew Marvell The Garden]

Translations

paradise [ˈpærədaɪs] N → paraíso m
this is paradise! → ¡esto es el paraíso!
see also fool ¹
see also earthly A1

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paradise [ˈpærədaɪs] n

(= perfect place or situation) → paradis m
an island paradise → une île paradisiaque
paradise on earth → le paradis sur terre
a shoppers' paradise → un paradis du shopping

(RELIGION) → paradis m

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paradise

n (lit, fig) → Paradies nt; a shopper’s paradise → ein Einkaufsparadies nt; an architect’s paradise → ein Paradies nt → für Architekten; living there must be paradise compared with this place → dort zu leben muss geradezu paradiesisch sein verglichen mit hier; paradise, she sighed → himmlisch, seufzte sie; an earthly paradise → ein Paradies auf Erden; I’m in paradise → ich bin im Paradies; paradise! → wie im Paradies!, paradiesisch!

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paradise [ˈpærəˌdaɪs] n → paradiso

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paradise

n paradise [ˈpӕrədais]

1 a place or state of great happiness It's paradise to be by a warm fire on a cold night. paradys جَنَّه радост blaho paradis das Paradies παράδεισος (μτφ.) paraíso paradiis مکان یا شرایط بسیار عالی paratiisi paradis גַן-עֵדֶן अत्यधिक आनंद की स्थिति carstvo iluzija,razna sreća paradicsom surga paradís paradiso 楽園 이상향(理想鄕), 도원경(桃源境) rojus paradīze, svētlaime nikmat paradijs paradis raj paraíso paradis рай; блаженное состояние blaho raj raj paradis สถานที่หรือสภาวะแห่งความสุข cennet 樂園，極樂 рай خوشي کا مقام، خوشي کي حالت nơi lý tưởng 乐园，极乐

2 (with capital) heaven When we die, we go to Paradise. Paradys الفَردوس рай ráj Paradis das Paradies Παράδεισος paraíso paradiis بهشت taivas paradis הַשָׁמַיים स्वर्ग raj mennyország surga himnaríki, paradís paradiso 天国 천국 Rojus Paradīze, Debesis syurga hemel himmelen, paradis Raj paraíso rai рай raj nebesa Raj Paradiset สวรรค์ cennet 天堂 рай جنت، بہشت thiên đường 天堂

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paradise → جنة ráj paradis Paradies παράδεισος> paraíso paratiisi paradis raj paradiso 楽園 낙원 paradijs paradis raj paraíso рай paradis สวรรค์ cennet thiên đường 天堂