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yasht.

Any of a collection of hymns and prayers.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/jæʃt//jʌʃt/
  1. Any of a collection of hymns and prayers.

Where this word comes from

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

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