یشتن

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (yštn' /⁠yaštan⁠/), borrowed from Avestan 𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (yazaⁱti, “to worship, to venerate”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyáȷ́ati, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ-.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [jaʃ.ˈtan]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [jäʃ.t̪ʰǽn]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [jäʃ.t̪ʰǽn]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [jäʃ.t̪ʰǽn]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [jäʃ.t̪ʰǽn]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [jæʃ.t̪ʰǽn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [jäʃ.t̪ʰǽn]

Readings
Classical reading?	yaštan
Dari reading?	yaštan
Iranian reading?	yaštan
Tajik reading?	yaštan

Verb

یشتن • (yaštan) (present stem یز (yaz))

1. (Zoroastrianism, obsolete) to worship, to perform Zoroastrian rituals
   • 1599, Bahman-i Kay Kubād, قصه سنجان [Qissa-yi Sanjān]:

     به چندان روز و ماه یشت و یزش‌ها
     بیشتند و بسی کردند تخشا

     ba čandān rōz u māh yašt u yaziš-hā
     biyaštand u basē kardand taxšā

     For so many days and months, they performed rites and rituals and were very diligent.

     (Classical transliteration)