Where does “قوم پرست” come from?

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

قوم پرست (Urdu): nationalist

Definitions

  1. nationalist

Ancestry of “قوم پرست”, step by step

قوم پرست traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian پرست

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianپرستpresent stem of پرستیدن; A non-joining suffix...
2Middle Persianplst-—
3Old Iranianpari-štā-—

via Urdu قوم

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Urduقومnation
2Arabicقَوْمpeople

Words derived from “قوم پرست”

Every word from Old Iranian pari-štā- →Every word from Middle Persian plst- →Every word from Persian پرست →