سخت

From Middle Persian 𐭮𐭠𐭤𐭨 (saxt), 𐭮𐭤𐭨 (saxt).

سخت • (saxt) (comparative سخت‌تَر (saxt-tar), superlative سخت‌تَرین (saxt-tarin))

1. hard, difficult (of a task)

   Synonyms: دشوار (došvâr), سنگین (sangin)

   Antonym: آسان (âsân)

   • 2021, “استفانوس سیتسی‌پاس؛ تنیس‌بازی که مرگ را دید و تغییر کرد”, in bbc.com/persian‎, BBC Persian:

     او در دو سال اخیر سخت کار کرده. در تورنمنت‌های زیادی حاضر شده و در نیمه‌نهایی‌ها، فینال‌ها و مسابقات سخت، باتجربه شده است.

     u dar do sâl-e axir saxt kâr karde. dar turnamant-hâ-ye ziyâdi hâzer šode va dar nime-nahâyi-hâ, finâl-hâ va mosâbaqât-e saxt, bâ-tajrobe šode ast.

     He has worked hard in the last two years. He has been present in many tournaments and become experienced in semifinals, finals, and difficult competitions.

2. hard, solid (of a material)
3. severe, strict
4. severe, intense

(nouns)

• سختی (saxti, “difficulty, hardness”)
• سخت‌افزار (saxt-afzâr, “hardware”)

(compound verbs)

• سخت کردن (saxt kardan, “to make difficult; to harden; to make strict”)
• سخت شدن (saxt šodan, “to become difficult; to become hard; to become strict”)
• سخت آمدن (saxt âmadan, “to appear difficult; to appear strict”)

(adjectives)

1. exceedingly, extremely, very
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 2597:

     نکته‌‌ی دیگر تو بشنو ای رفیق
     همچو جان او سخت پیدا و دقیق

     nuktah-i-dîgar tu bišinaw ay rafiq
     hamčo jân o saxt payda u daqiq

     My friend, hearken to another saying, like the soul, very clear (to mystics) and abstruse (to the rest).

• → Bengali: শক্ত (śokto)
• → Gujarati: સખત (sakhat), સખ્ત (sakht)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: सख़्त (saxt)

  Urdu: سخت (saxt)

• → Marathi: सक्त (sakta)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਸਖ਼ਤ (saxat)

  Shahmukhi script: سَخت (saxt)

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “سخت”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim