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, a village development committee in Rupandehi District, Lumbini Zone, Nepal * Parsa, Sarlahi, 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 population ...

, 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 wildlif ...

, south-central Nepal * Parsa Bazar, a town east of Bharatpur, in Chitwan District, Nepal

Other places

* Persis, an exonym for the region in southwest Iran with the endonym "Parsa". *

Parsa (Vidhan Sabha constituency) Parsa Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Saran district in the Indian state of Bihar. Overview As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No. 121 Parsa Assembly constituency is composed of th ...

, an assembly constituency in Bihar, India * Parsa, Ghazipur, a village in Ghazipur District, Uttar Pradesh, India * Pārsa or Persepolis, a city built by Darius the Great, serving as capital of the Achaemenid Empire in Persia (Iran) * Parsa, Mazandaran, a village in Mazandaran Province, Iran * Parsa, Godda, 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 (1907–1997), Iranian botanist *

Ali Parsa Ali Parsadoust (commonly known as Ali Parsa) is a Iranians in the United Kingdom, 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 fo ...

(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 195 ...

(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. Par ...

(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. References Sources * Akbarian Sufis People from Balkh Naqshbandi order 1461 deaths Year of birth unknown {{Islam-bio-stub ...

(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 (1968–2005), Afghan singer *

Niloofar Parsa Niloofar Parsa ( fa, نیلوفر پارسا; born April 16, 1990) in Tehran, is a film and television actress He is the wife of Milad Asadollahi. Niloofar Parsa is a bachelor's degree in IT engineering (information technology) who started in t ...

, 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)'', i ...

, Swedish film director

Other uses

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

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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 ...

* Parsi (disambiguation) *

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) {{Disambig, geo, given name, surname