ئاتەشپەرەس

Uyghur

Etymology

From Classical Persian آتَش‌پَرَسْت (ātaš-parast). By surface analysis, ئاتەش (atesh) +‎ ـپەرەس (-peres).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔɑtɛʃpɛrɛs/

Noun

ئاتەشپەرەس • (ateshperes) (plural ئاتەشپەرەسلەر (ateshperesler))

  1. fire-worshipper; a Zoroastrian

Declension

Derived terms

  • ئاتەشپەرەسلىك (ateshpereslik)

Further reading

  • Schwarz, Henry G. (1992), An Uyghur-English Dictionary (East Asian Research Aids & Translations; 3), Bellingham, Washington: Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University, →ISBN, page 5
  • Yaqup, Abliz; Gheyurani, Ghenizat; Qadir, Isma'il; Imam, Hemdulla Aburehman; Nur, Perhat; Emet, Abliz; Abdulqadir, Esqer; Tahir, Abdulzahir; Rëhimja, Ablikim (2011), ھازىرقى زامان ئۇيغۇرتىلىنىڭ ئىزاھلىق لۇغىتى [Explanatory Dictionary of the Modern Uyghur Language]‎[1] (in Uyghur), volume I, Shinjang Xelq Neshriyati, →ISBN, page 6