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Punjabi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian ـپرست (“-parast”), stem of پرستیدن (parastīdan).
Suffix
-ਪ੍ਰਸਤ • (-prsat) m (Shahmukhi spelling ـپرست)
- Forms adjectives and nouns denoting extreme attachment to something
- ਮਾਦਾ (mādā, “material”) + -ਪ੍ਰਸਤ (-prsat) → ਮਾਦਾਪ੍ਰਸਤ (mādāprsat, “materialist(ic)”)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “ਪ੍ਰਸਤ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025