راست
See also: رأست
Baluchi edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Iranian *Hraštáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hraštás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós.
Adjective edit
راست • (rást)
Antonyms edit
- چپ (capp)
Khalaj edit
Adjective edit
راست (râst)
Persian edit
Alternative forms edit
- راس (râs) (colloquial)
Etymology edit
From Middle Persian rāst, from Old Persian 𐎼𐎠𐎿𐎫 (rāsta, “right”), from Proto-Iranian *Hraštáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hraštás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós (“having moved in a straight line”), from *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten, direct”). Cognate with English right.[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ɾɑːst]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ɾɔst̪]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | rāst |
| Dari reading? | rāst |
| Iranian reading? | râst |
| Tajik reading? | rost |
Audio (Iran) (file)
Adjective edit
| Dari | راست |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | рост |
راست • (râst)
- straight
- direct; straight
- راست برو. ― râst borow. ― Go directly.
- راست رفت منزل. ― râst raft manzel. ― He went straight home.
- right (dexter, opposite of left)
- Antonym: چپ (čap)
- چشمِ راست ― češm-e râst ― right eye
- true; right
- erect
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
راست • (râst)
- truth
- Antonym: دروغ (doruğ)
- دروغ مصلحت آمیز به از راست فتنه انگیز.
- doruğ-e maslahat-âmiz beh az râst-e fetne-angiz.
- A lie which brings benefit is better than a truth that causes sedition.
- (music) rast (a Persian mode)
Descendants edit
- → Armenian: ռաստ (ṙast)
- → Hindustani: rāst
- → Kazakh: рас (ras)
- → Khalaj: râst
- → Ottoman Turkish: راست (râst)
- Turkish: rast
- → Uzbek: rost
- → Yagnobi: рост (rost)
References edit
- ^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2020) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 6, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 437