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Arabic
Verb
درست (form I, form II)
- دَرَسْتُ (darastu) /da.ras.tu/: first-person singular past active of دَرَسَ (darasa)
- دَرَسْتَ (darasta) /da.ras.ta/: second-person masculine singular past active of دَرَسَ (darasa)
- دَرَسْتِ (darasti) /da.ras.ti/: second-person feminine singular past active of دَرَسَ (darasa)
- دَرَسَتْ (darasat) /da.ra.sat/: third-person feminine singular past active of دَرَسَ (darasa)
- دُرِسْتُ (duristu) /du.ris.tu/: first-person singular past passive of دَرَسَ (darasa)
- دُرِسْتَ (durista) /du.ris.ta/: second-person masculine singular past passive of دَرَسَ (darasa)
- دُرِسْتِ (duristi) /du.ris.ti/: second-person feminine singular past passive of دَرَسَ (darasa)
- دُرِسَتْ (durisat) /du.ri.sat/: third-person feminine singular past passive of دَرَسَ (darasa)
- دَرَّسْتُ (darrastu) /dar.ras.tu/: first-person singular past active of دَرَّسَ (darrasa)
- دَرَّسْتَ (darrasta) /dar.ras.ta/: second-person masculine singular past active of دَرَّسَ (darrasa)
- دَرَّسْتِ (darrasti) /dar.ras.ti/: second-person feminine singular past active of دَرَّسَ (darrasa)
- دَرَّسَتْ (darrasat) /dar.ra.sat/: third-person feminine singular past active of دَرَّسَ (darrasa)
- دُرِّسْتُ (durristu) /dur.ris.tu/: first-person singular past passive of دَرَّسَ (darrasa)
- دُرِّسْتَ (durrista) /dur.ris.ta/: second-person masculine singular past passive of دَرَّسَ (darrasa)
- دُرِّسْتِ (durristi) /dur.ris.ti/: second-person feminine singular past passive of دَرَّسَ (darrasa)
- دُرِّسَتْ (durrisat) /dur.ri.sat/: third-person feminine singular past passive of دَرَّسَ (darrasa)
Khalaj
Adjective
دُرُست (durust)
- 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 (drāh, “well, healthy”).
Pronunciation
Readings
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Classical reading?
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durust
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Dari reading?
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durust
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Iranian reading?
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dorost
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Tajik reading?
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durust
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Adjective
Dari
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درست
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Iranian Persian
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Tajik
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дуруст
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درست • (dorost) (comparative درستتَر (dorost-tar), superlative درستتَرین (dorost-tarin))
- 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)
- upright, honest
- 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
- (music) perfect
- پنجم درست ― panjom-e dorost ― perfect fifth
- (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)
Antonyms
Derived terms
- درست کردن (dorost kardan, “to fix, to make, to arrange”)
- درست شدن (dorost šodan, “to be fixed, to be made”)
- درست پیمان (dorost-peymân, “true to one's promise”)
- درستی (dorosti, “correctness; honesty”)
- درستکار (dorost-kâr, “honest, upright”)
- تندرست (tandorost, “healthy”)
- درستخوانی (dorost-xâni)
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)
- in good condition; unbroken, in working order
- faultless, without defect
- correct, accurate
- Synonyms: ٹِھیک (ṭhīk), صَحِیح (sahīh)
- appropriate, fitting, proper
- Synonym: مُناسِب (munāsib)