پرست
Persian edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Persian plst- (parist-), plstytn' (paristīdan, “to serve; to minister in a ritual; to worship”), from Old Iranian.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [pa.ˈɾast]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [pʰæ.ɹǽst̪]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [pʰä.ɾǽst̪]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | parast |
Dari reading? | parast |
Iranian reading? | parast |
Tajik reading? | parast |
Verb edit
پرست • (parast)
Suffix edit
ـپرست • (-parast)
- A non-joining suffix roughly equivalent to -ist, frequently denoting a worshiper or follower of, but often with unpredictable meanings
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Tajik: -параст (-parast)
- → Azerbaijani: -pərəst
- → Hindustani
- → Punjabi:
- → Turkish: -perest
- → Uzbek: -parast
References edit
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “paristīdan”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press