درست

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See also: درشت

Arabic

Etymology 1

Verb

دَرَسْتُ • (darastu) (form I)

  1. first-person singular past active of دَرَسَ (darasa)

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دُرِسْتُ • (duristu) (form I)

  1. first-person singular past passive of دَرَسَ (darasa)

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دَرَسْتَ • (darasta) (form I)

  1. second-person masculine singular past active of دَرَسَ (darasa)

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دُرِسْتَ • (durista) (form I)

  1. second-person masculine singular past passive of دَرَسَ (darasa)

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دَرَسْتِ • (darasti) (form I)

  1. second-person feminine singular past active of دَرَسَ (darasa)

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دُرِسْتِ • (duristi) (form I)

  1. second-person feminine singular past passive of دَرَسَ (darasa)

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دَرَسَتْ • (darasat) (form I)

  1. third-person feminine singular past active of دَرَسَ (darasa)

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دُرِسَتْ • (durisat) (form I)

  1. third-person feminine singular past passive of دَرَسَ (darasa)

Etymology 2

Verb

دَرَّسْتُ • (darrastu) (form II)

  1. first-person singular past active of دَرَّسَ (darrasa)

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دُرِّسْتُ • (durristu) (form II)

  1. first-person singular past passive of دَرَّسَ (darrasa)

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دَرَّسْتَ • (darrasta) (form II)

  1. second-person masculine singular past active of دَرَّسَ (darrasa)

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دُرِّسْتَ • (durrista) (form II)

  1. second-person masculine singular past passive of دَرَّسَ (darrasa)

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دَرَّسْتِ • (darrasti) (form II)

  1. second-person feminine singular past active of دَرَّسَ (darrasa)

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دُرِّسْتِ • (durristi) (form II)

  1. second-person feminine singular past passive of دَرَّسَ (darrasa)

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دَرَّسَتْ • (darrasat) (form II)

  1. third-person feminine singular past active of دَرَّسَ (darrasa)

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دُرِّسَتْ • (durrisat) (form II)

  1. third-person feminine singular past passive of دَرَّسَ (darrasa)

Khalaj

Adjective

دُرُست (durust)

  1. Arabic spelling of durust (“correct”)

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian drw(y)st' (drust, “right; well, healthy”), from Old Persian *dᵘruvišta, from Proto-Iranian *druwištah. Compare Baluchi دْراه (drāht, “well, healthy”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

Dari درست
Iranian Persian
Tajik дуруст

درست • (dorost) (comparative درست‌تَر (dorost-tar), superlative درست‌تَرین (dorost-tarin))

  1. correct, right
    جواب درست چیست؟ (more literary)
    javâb-e dorost či-st?
    جواب درست چیه؟ (more colloquial)
    javâb-e dorost či-ye?
    What is the correct answer?
    Synonym: صحیح (sahih)
  2. upright, honest
  3. whole, complete, entire, exact
    • c. 1100, Omar Khayyam, Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam:
      چون ابر به نوروز رخ لاله بشست، بر خیز و به جام باده کن عزم درست
      čon abr be nowruz rox-e lâle be-šost, bar-xiz o be jâm-e bâde kon 'azm-e dorost
      when the cloud has washed the lilies' cheek on Nowruz, get up and the wine cup with full determination
  4. (music) perfect
    پنجم درست ― panjom-e dorost ― perfect fifth
  5. (archaic) well, healthy
    • 995-1077, Abulfazl-i Bayhaqī, Tārīx-i Bayhaqī
      گفت: «بونصر را بگوی که امروز درستم ...»
      guft: "bû nasr râ bigôy ki imrôz durustam ..."
      said: "tell Bu Nasr that I'm well today."
    Synonyms: خوب (xub), تندرست (tandorost)

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Descendants

References

  • Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 91
  • Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2003) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 359-60

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian درست (durust), from Middle Persian drw(y)st' (drust), from Old Persian (*dᵘruvišta), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *druwištah.

Pronunciation

Adjective

دُرُسْت • (durust) (Hindi spelling दुरुस्त)

  1. in good condition; unbroken, in working order
  2. faultless, without defect
  3. correct, accurate
    Synonyms: ٹِھیک (ṭhīk), صَحِیح (sahīh)
  4. appropriate, fitting, proper
    Synonym: مُناسِب (munāsib)

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