بت‌پرست

Persian

Etymology

بت (bot, “idol”) +‎ پرست (parast, suffix -ist, denoting a worshiper or follower)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [but.pa.ɾast]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bʊt̪.pʰä.ɾäst̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bʊt̪.pʰä.ɾäst̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bʊt̪.pʰä.ɾäst̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [but̪.pʰä.ɾäst̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bot̪.pʰæ.ɹæst̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [but̪.pʰä.ɾäst̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	butparast
Iranian reading?	botparast
Tajik reading?	butparast

Noun

Dari	بت‌پرست
Iranian Persian
Tajik	бӯтпараст

بت‌پرست • (botparast) (plural بت‌پرستان (botparastân))

1. idolater
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 2893:

     بت پرستی چون بمانی در صور / صورتش بگذار و در معنی نگر

     but-parast-i čôn bimâni dar suwar / sûrat-aš biguzâr u dar ma'ni nigar

     You are an idol-worshipper when you remain in (bondage to) forms: leave its (the idol's) form and look at the reality.

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: bütpərəst
• → Ottoman Turkish: بت‌پرست

References

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “بت‌پرست”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim