پرستار

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭯𐭫𐭮𐭲𐭠𐭫 (plstʾl /⁠paristār⁠/, “maidservant, slave”), equivalent to پرستـ (parast-, present stem of پرستیدن (parastidan, “to worship”)) +‎ ـار (-âr).

Pronunciation

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

 

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

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

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

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

Readings
Classical reading?	parastār
Dari reading?	parastār
Iranian reading?	parastâr
Tajik reading?	parastor

پرستار (parastâr)

Noun

پرستار • (parastâr) (plural پرستاران (parastârân) or پرستارها (parastâr-hâ))

1. nurse
2. (obsolete) servant, maidservant, slave
   • 10th century, Ferdowsi, The Shahnameh:

     که دانا پرستار نادان شود […]

     ke dânâ parastâr-e nâdân šavad […]

     when the wise will become slaves to the ignorant […]

3. (now rare) worshipper, adorer

Derived terms

• پرستاری (parastâri)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: pərəstar
• → Hindustani:

  Urdu: پرستار (parastār)

Urdu

Noun

پرستار • (parastār) m

1. adorer
2. worshipper
3. servant, slave