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

Noun

1. heaven; where the good go after death

2. the Garden of Eden

3. any place or condition that fulfils a person's desires [Greek paradeisos garden]

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

noun 2. Garden of Eden, Eden

noun 3. bliss, delight, heaven, felicity, utopia, seventh heaven

Translations

paradise [ˈpærədaɪs] n → paraíso

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paradise [ˈpærədaɪs] n → paradis m

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paradise [ˈpærədaɪs] n (also fig) → Paradies nt

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paradise [ˈpærədaɪs] 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 낙원 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 paratiisi paradis הַשָׁמַיים स्वर्ग raj mennyország surga himnaríki, paradís paradiso 天国 천당 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