پرست

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian plst- (parist-), plstytn' (paristīdan, “to serve; to minister in a ritual; to worship”), from Old Iranian.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [pa.ˈɾast]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰä.ɾǽst̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰä.ɾǽst̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰä.ɾǽst̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰä.ɾǽst̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰæ.ɹǽst̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰä.ɾǽst̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	parast
Dari reading?	parast
Iranian reading?	parast
Tajik reading?	parast

Verb

پرست • (parast)

1. present stem of پرستیدن (parastidan)

Suffix

ـپرست • (-parast)

1. A non-joining suffix roughly equivalent to -ist, frequently denoting a worshiper or follower of, but often with unpredictable meanings

Derived terms

Persian terms suffixed with پرست

Descendants

• Tajik: -параст (-parast)
• → Azerbaijani: -pərəst
• → Hindustani
  • Hindi: -परस्त (-parast)
  • Urdu: ـپرست (-parast)
• → Punjabi:
  • Gurmukhi script: -ਪ੍ਰਸਤ (prast)
  • Shahmukhi script: ـپرست (-parast)
• → Turkish: -perest
• → Uzbek: -parast

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “paristīdan”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press