بت‌پرست

Persian

Etymology

From (bot, “idol”) +‎ (-parast, suffix -ist, denoting a worshiper or follower).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /but.pa.ˈrast/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bʊt̪.pʰä.ɾást̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bʊt̪.pʰä.ɾást̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [but̪.pʰä.ɾást̪]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [bot̪ʰ.pʰæ.ɹǽst̪ʰ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [but̪.pʰä.ɾást̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	but-parast
Dari reading^?	but-parast
Iranian reading^?	bot-parast
Tajik reading^?	but-parast

Noun

بت‌پرست • (but-parast / bot-parast) (plural بت‌پرستان (but-parastān / bot-parastân), Tajik spelling бутпараст)

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

→ Azerbaijani: bütpərəst
→ Chagatai: بت‌پرست (bt-prst /⁠but-päräst⁠/)
- Uyghur: بۇتپەرەس (butperes)
- Uzbek: butparast
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: बुतपरस्त (butaprast), बुत-परस्त (but-parast)

Urdu: بت پرست (but parast)
→ Ottoman Turkish: بت‌پرست (butperest)
- Turkish: putperest
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਬੁੱਤਪਰਸਤ (buttparast), ਬੁੱਤ-ਪਰਸਤ (butt-parast)

Shahmukhi script: بت پرست (butt parast)
→ Turkmen: butparaz

References

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “بت‌پرست”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim