yasht

Meaning

Noun

Any of a collection of hymns and prayers.

Origin

From Middle Persian yšt' ("prayer, worship"), probably from Avestan 𐬫𐬀𐬱𐬙𐬀 ("honored"), from 𐬫𐬀𐬰, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ-.

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