یشتن

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (yštn' /⁠yaštan⁠/), borrowed from Avestan 𐬫𐬀𐬰𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (yazaⁱti, “to worship, to venerate”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyáȷ́ati, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ-.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /jaʃ.ˈtan/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [jäʃ.t̪ʰǽn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [jäʃ.t̪ʰǽn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [jäʃ.t̪ʰǽn]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [jæʃ.t̪ʰǽn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [jäʃ.t̪ʰǽn]

Readings
Classical reading^?	yaštan
Dari reading^?	yaštan
Iranian reading^?	yaštan
Tajik reading^?	yaštan

Verb

یشتن • (yaštan) (present stem یز (yaz))

(Zoroastrianism, obsolete) to worship, to perform Zoroastrian rituals
- 1599, Bahman-i Kay Kubād, قصه سنجان [Qissa-yi Sanjān]:
  به چندان روز و ماه یشت و یزش‌ها
  بیشتند و بسی کردند تخشا
  ba čandān rōz u māh yašt u yaziš-hā
  biyaštand u basē kardand taxšā
  For so many days and months, they performed rites and rituals and were very diligent.
  (Classical transliteration)