Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yasht

/jæʃt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
yasht
IPA
/jæʃt/
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a collection of hymns and prayers.

Etymology

From Middle Persian yšt' (yašt, “prayer, worship”), probably from Avestan 𐬫𐬀𐬱𐬙𐬀 (yašta, “honored”), from 𐬫𐬀𐬰 (yaz, “to worship, honor”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ-.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: yšt', 𐬫𐬀𐬱𐬙𐬀, *h₁yaǵ-

Inflected Forms

yashts (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

yazata

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce yasht?
The recorded pronunciation is /jæʃt/.
What does yasht mean?
Any of a collection of hymns and prayers.
Where does yasht come from?
It is traced to Middle Persian.

How to pronounce yasht

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