Persian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Middle Persian plstytn' (paristīdan, to serve; to worship; to minister in a ritual), from Proto-Iranian *pari- (around, peri-) + *staH- (to place, set, stand). The former prefix is from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pári, from Proto-Indo-European *péri, and the latter is from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stáH-, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (to stand).

Related to Old Armenian պաշտեմ (paštem), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? parastīḏan
Dari reading? parastīdan
Iranian reading? parastidan
Tajik reading? parastidan

Verb edit

Dari پرستیدن
Iranian Persian
Tajik парастидан

پرستیدن (parastidan) (present stem پرست (parast))

  1. to worship
  2. to idolize

Conjugation edit

References edit

  • Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 358-61