פרדיסא

Aramaic

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing, ultimately from Proto-Iranian *paridaiĵah.

Noun

פַּרְדַּיְסָא or פַּרְדֵּיסָא • (pardaysā or pardēsā) (absolutive פַּרְדֵּס‎ (pardēs))

park, garden, orchard
- a. 500 CE, Babylonian Talmud, Mo'ed Katan 17a:
  
  ‏ריש לקיש הוה מנטר פרדיסא אתא ההוא גברא וקאכיל תאיני‎‎
  rēš lāqīš hăwā mənaṭṭēr pardēsā ʾăṯā hahū gaḇrā wəqāʾāḵēl təʾēnē
  Resh Lakish was guarding an orchard, and there came a certain man and began eating figs.

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