پرست

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian plst- (parist-), plstytn' (paristīdan, “to serve; to minister in a ritual; to worship”), from Old Iranian.

Verb

پرست • (parast)

  1. present stem of پرستیدن‎

Suffix

ـپرست • (-parast)

  1. 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:
  • → 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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