para

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

  1. noun (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered
  2. noun 100 para equal 1 dinar in Yugoslavia
  3. noun a soldier in the paratroops

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian pàra /па̀ра, from Ottoman Turkish پاره (pare, para), from Persian پاره (pâre).

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