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noun
Any of a collection of hymns and prayers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Zoroastrianism, lifestyle, religion
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Middle Persian yšt' (yašt, “prayer, worship”), probably from Avestan 𐬫𐬀𐬱𐬙𐬀 (yašta, “honored”), from 𐬫𐬀𐬰 (yaz, “to worship, honor”), from Proto-Indo-European *h1yaǵ-.
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
