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Persian
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Persian (yštn' /yaštan/), borrowed from Avestan 𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (yazaiti, “to worship, to venerate”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyáȷ́ati, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ-.
Pronunciation
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yaštan
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| Dari reading?
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yaštan
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yaštan
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yaštan
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Verb
یشتن • (yaštan) (present stem یز (yaz))
- (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.