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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

paradise [ˈpærədaɪs] n → paradis m

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

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.paradysجَنَّهрадостblahoparadisdas Paradiesπαράδεισος (μτφ.)paraísoparadiisمکان یا شرایط بسیار عالیparatiisiparadisגַן-עֵדֶןअत्यधिक आनंद की स्थितिcarstvo iluzija,razna srećaparadicsomsurgaparadísparadiso楽園낙원rojusparadīze, svētlaimenikmatparadijsparadisrajparaísoparadisрай; блаженное состояниеblahorajrajparadisสถานที่หรือสภาวะแห่งความสุขcennet樂園，極樂райخوشي کا مقام، خوشي کي حالتnơi lý tưởng乐园，极乐

2 (with capital) heaven When we die, we go to Paradise.ParadysالفَردوسрайrájParadisdas ParadiesΠαράδεισοςparaísoparadiisبهشتparatiisiparadisהַשָׁמַייםस्वर्गrajmennyországsurgahimnaríki, paradísparadiso天国천당RojusParadīze, Debesissyurgahemelhimmelen, paradisRajparaísoraiрайrajnebesaRajParadisetสวรรค์cennet天堂райجنت، بہشتthiên đường天堂