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Yes. The word parian is a Scrabble US word. The word parian is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is parian a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word parian is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

P3A1R1I1A1N1

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6-letter words (2 found)

PARIAN,PIRANA,

5-letter words (3 found)

APIAN,NAIRA,PRANA,

4-letter words (17 found)

AIRN,ARIA,ARNA,ARPA,NAPA,NIPA,PAAN,PAIN,PAIR,PARA,PIAN,PINA,PIRN,RAIA,RAIN,RANA,RANI,

3-letter words (18 found)

AIA,AIN,AIR,ANA,ANI,NAP,NIP,PAN,PAR,PIA,PIN,PIR,RAI,RAN,RAP,RIA,RIN,RIP,

2-letter words (8 found)

AA,AI,AN,AR,IN,NA,PA,PI,

You can make 48 words from parian according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of parian

parian

Adjective

parian (comparative more parian, superlative most parian)

  1. Alternative form of Parian

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Possibilities include:

  • From Brunei Malay padian (“water-market; floating market; vendors on boats”). Compare Cebuano parian (“bazaar”), Maranao padi'an (“weekly market”), Maguindanao padian (“market”), and Tausug parian (“market”). See also Cebuano Pagadian.
  • From pa- +‎ riyan, literally “go-to place”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paɾiˈʔan/, [pɐ.ɾɪˈʔan]
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ri‧an

Noun

parián (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇᜒᜀᜈ᜔)

  1. (historical) The ghettos of several settlements across Spanish Philippines to house the Sangley Chinese immigrants around the time of the Sangley Rebellion during Early Spanish Colonial Era in the Philippines.
    Synonym: alkayseriya
  2. (obsolete) plaza
    Synonyms: liwasan, plasa
  3. (business, obsolete) market
    Synonyms: pamilihan, palengke, merkado, tiyangge, baraka, talipapa
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From pari +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paˈɾiʔan/, [pɐˈɾi.ʔɐn]
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ri‧an

Noun

parian (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇᜒᜀᜈ᜔)

  1. (obsolete) place where wood are split with wedges

Further reading

  • “parian”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
  • San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎[2], La Noble Villa de Pila
    • page 419: “Mercado) Parian (pc) donde ſe vende todo”
    • page 484: “Plaça) Parian (pc) do benden todo jenero de coſas”
  • H. B. Marshall (1921) “A Vocabulary of Brunei Malay”, in Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society‎[3], number 83, →ISSN, pages 45–74

Tausug

Noun

parian

  1. market
    Synonym: tabu'

Source: wiktionary.org