Parsee

 
Pronunciation: /pɑːˈsiː, ˈpɑːsiː/

noun

  • an adherent of Zoroastrianism, especially a descendant of those Zoroastrians who fled to India from Muslim persecution in Persia during the 7th-8th centuries.

Origin:

from Persian pārsī 'Persian', from pārs 'Persia'