An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics
English-French-Persian

One who formulates or is expert in the theoretical side of a subject.

From theoretic, from theoretics, from → theory + -ian.

Negare-pardâz, from negaré, → theory, + pardâz, present stem of pardâxtan "to accomplish; bring to perfection; to attempt, to care; to clean; to free;" Mid.Pers. pardâxtan, pardâzidan "to accomplish; to be done with, freed of" ultimately from Proto-Iranian *para-tāxta-, *para-tāca- "to take away; to expel," from *para- "along, forth," → para-, + tāxta-, tāca- "to run, to flow;" cf. Av. tak- "to run, to flow;" Mod.Pers. tâxtan, tâz- "to flow, to cause to walk," → flow.