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parhez, s.m. [Zend fra+rt. hać, for hakhsh; s. pra+sać], s.m. Abstaining (from), keeping aloof (from), abstinence, abstemiousness, forbearance, continence, control of the passions, caution, sobriety, temperance, moderation:—parhez karnā(-se), To abstain (from), keep aloof (from), to be on one's guard (against), to avoid; to control one's passions or appetites, to be continent, to be temperate; to observe a regimen:—parhez-gār, adj. & s.m. Abstinent, abstemious, temperate, moderate, continent, sober, just;—one who controls his passions, an abstemious person, etc.:—parhez-gārī, s.f. Abstinence, control of the passions, etc.=parhez.
Origin: Persian