بتپرست
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Persian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
بت (bot, “idol”) + پرست (parast, suffix -ist, denoting a worshiper or follower)
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [but.pa.ɾast]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [bot̪.pʰæ.ɹæst̪]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [but̪.pʰä.ɾäst̪]
| 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))
- idolater
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 2893:
- بت پرستی چون بمانی در صور / صورتش بگذار و در معنی نگر
- but-parast-i čôn bimâni dar suwar / sûrat-aš biguzâr u dar ma'ni nigar
- You are an idol-worshipper when you remain in (bondage to) forms: leave its (the idol's) form and look at the reality.
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “بتپرست”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim