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Where does “پرست” come from?

پرست (Persian) comes from Middle Persian plst-, from Old Iranian pari-štā-.

پرست (Persian): present stem of پرستیدن; A non-joining suffix...

Definitions

  1. present stem of پرستیدن; A non-joining suffix...

Ancestry of “پرست”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Persianplst-—
2Old Iranianpari-štā-—
Every word from Old Iranian pari-štā- →