paradise English · revision 7181

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1000|origins=ae pairidaēza}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈpæɹədaɪs/ ''(UK)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is Middle English paradis, [[bor|fro|paradis|t=paradise, garden of Eden]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from [[la-lat|paradisus|t=a park; the garden of Eden]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) from Greek [[m|grc|παράδεισος|tr=parádeisos|t=a park; royal enclosed garden]],^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998)^(Cresswell 2021) of Iranian origin, akin to Avestan [[m|ae|pairidaēza|t=enclosure, park]],^(MWU 2024)^(Cresswell 2021) from pairi-, around, and diz, to make a wall,^(Etymonline) from PIE [[ine-pro|*dʰeyǵʰ-|alt=*dheigh-|t=to form, build]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Heaven, the abode of the righteous: about 1000 in the OED;^(OED 1989) the garden of Eden in late Old English in Etymonline, before 1175 in the OED.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Xenophon and others used the Greek word for a royal hunting park in Persia, and the Septuagint for the garden of Eden.^(Etymonline) In New Testament translations of Luke 23:43 it meant the place where the souls of the righteous await resurrection, a sense in English from about 1200, and it was extended to the Muslim heaven about 1400.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) A place of extreme beauty or a blissful state is from about 1300.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) A park or pleasure-ground is a 17th-century sense.^(Hoad 1986) ''Bird of paradise'' is a later naming.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1000 – heaven.^(OED 1989)

+ * before 1175 – the garden of Eden.^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1300 – a place of bliss.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1400 – the Muslim heaven.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(in some religions)'' [[heaven]], the place where the good live after death.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The garden of [[Eden]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # An ideal or idyllic place or state; a place of great beauty.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[paradisiacal]]

+ * [[imparadise]]

+ * [[paradisaical]]

+ * [[paradisal]]

+ * [[bird of paradise]]

+ * [[fool's paradise]]

+ * [[grains of paradise]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[parvis]]

+ * [[Eden]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}