ـپرست

Persian

Etymology

From the present stem of پرستیدن (parastidan, “to worship”). See there for more details.

Suffix

ـپرست • (-parast)

1. a non-joining suffix roughly equivalent to -ist, frequently denoting a worshipper or follower of, but often with unpredictable meanings

Derived terms

Persian terms suffixed with ـپرست

Descendants

• Tajik: -параст (-parast)
• → Azerbaijani: -pərəst
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: -परस्त (-parast)

  Urdu: ـپرست (-parast)

• → Punjabi:
  • Gurmukhi script: -ਪ੍ਰਸਤ (prast)
  • Shahmukhi script: ـپرست (-parast)
• → Turkish: -perest
• → Uzbek: -parast

References

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