Jump to content

بت‌پرست

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Persian

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From بت (bot, idol) +‎ ـپرست (-parast, suffix -ist, denoting a worshiper or follower).

Pronunciation

[edit]
 

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

Noun

[edit]
Dari بت‌پرست
Iranian Persian
Tajik бӯтпараст

بت‌پرست (botparast) (plural بت‌پرستان (botparastân))

  1. idolater

Descendants

[edit]
  • Azerbaijani: bütpərəst
  • Ottoman Turkish: بت‌پرست

References

[edit]

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