پرست

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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):

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key):
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key):
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key):

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key):

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key):

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

Verb

پرست • (parast)

present stem of (parastidan)

Suffix

ـپرست • (-parast)

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

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