پرست

See also: ـپرست

Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /pa.ˈrast/

 

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

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

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

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

Readings
Classical reading?	parast
Dari reading?	parast
Iranian reading?	parast
Tajik reading?	parast

Verb

پرست • (parast)

1. present stem of پرستیدن (parastidan)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “paristīdan”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press