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Persian
Etymology
From the verb.[1]
Pronunciation
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| Classical reading?
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sirišt
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| Dari reading?
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sirišt
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| Iranian reading?
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serešt
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| Tajik reading?
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sirišt
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Noun
سرشت • (serešt)
- nature (of something)
- Synonyms: طبیعت (tab'iyat), نهاد (nehâd)
پس سرشت کمونیسم چیست؟- pas serešt-e komunism čist?
- So what is the nature of communism?
c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 699:بردهای از خویش و پیوند و سرشت
کردهای در چشم او هر خوب زشت- burda'ī az xwēš u paywand u sirišt
karda'ī dar čašm-i ō har xūb zišt - Thou hast borne them away from kindred and relatives and (their own) nature,
Thou hast made every fair thing foul in his (such a one's) eyes.
Verb
سرشت • (serešt)
- past stem of سرشتن (sereštan)
- third-person singular preterite of سرشتن (sereštan)
References
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian سرشت (sirišt).
Pronunciation
Noun
سرشت • (sariśt) f (Hindi spelling सरिश्त)
- nature
آواز اونچی کر کے بولنا میری سرشت میں نہیں- āvāz ū̃ci kar ke bolnā merī sariśt mẽ nahī̃
- Speaking in a loud voice is not in my nature
- disposition
References
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “سرشت”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- “سرشت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.