para

Etymology 1

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

noun

1. (historical) A former subunit of currency in several countries in the Ottoman/Turkish and Yugoslav regions.

Etymology 2

The second part of words such as primipara and multipara

noun

1. (medicine) A woman who has given birth or brought pregnancies to viable gestational age a certain number of times, indicated by the number prepended to this word.

Etymology 3

Clippings.

noun

1. Clipping of paragraph.
2. Clipping of paratrooper.
3. (US, education, informal) Clipping of paraprofessional educator.
4. Clipping of paraplegic.
   The problems that male paras encounter in relation to bladder management pale in significance when placed alongside the problems with bladder management that female paraplegics experience. For women paras, attempts are made to train the bladder to empty itself at regular intervals; however, accidents do happen. 2010, Shelley Lynn Tremain, editor, Foucault and the Government of Disability

Etymology 4

Shortened from paralytic

adj

1. (UK, Australia, slang) very drunk

Etymology 5

noun

1. (New Zealand) Synonym of king fern (“the plant Ptisana salicina”)