پرستار

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

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

Descendants

  • → Azerbaijani: pərəstar
  • → Hindustani:
    Urdu: پرستار (parastār)

Urdu

Noun

پرستار • (parastār) m

  1. adorer
  2. worshipper
  3. servant, slave
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