پرستار

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭯𐭫𐭮𐭲𐭠𐭫 (plstʾl /⁠paristār⁠/, “maidservant, slave”), equivalent to پرستـ (parast-, present stem of پرستیدن (parastidan, “to worship”)) +‎ ـار (-âr).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [pʰä.ɾäs.t̪ʰɑ́ːɾ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [pʰä.ɾäs.t̪ʰɑ́ːɾ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [pʰä.ɾäs.t̪ʰɔ́ːɾ]

Readings
Classical reading? parastār
Dari reading? parastār
Iranian reading? parastâr
Tajik reading? parastor

Noun

پرستار • (parastār / parastâr) (plural پرستاران (parastārān / parastârân), or پرستارها (parastār-hā / parastâr-hâ), Tajik spelling парастор)

  1. nurse
  2. (obsolete) servant, maidservant, slave
    • 10th century, Ferdowsi, The Shahnameh:
      که دانا پرستار نادان شود […]
      ke dânâ parastâr-e nâdân šavad […]
      when the wise will become slaves to the ignorant […]
  3. (now rare) worshipper, adorer

Derived terms

  • پرستاری (parastâri)

Descendants

  • → Azerbaijani: pərəstar
  • → Hindustani:
    Hindi: परस्तार (parastār)
    Urdu: پَرَسْتار (parastār)
  • → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਪਰਸਤਾਰ (parastār)
    Shahmukhi script: پَرَسْتار (parastār)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian پرستار (parastār).

Noun

پرستار • (parastār) m (Hindi spelling परस्तार)

  1. adorer
  2. worshipper
  3. servant, slave
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