رشته

See also: رستہ, رشتہ, and رشتة

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian [script needed] (lštk' /⁠rištag⁠/), from *rišt- (“to twist”, whence Classical Persian رشتن (rištan, “to twist, to spin”)) + -ag. The former is from Proto-Iranian *wrais- (“to turn, to spin”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-European *wriḱ-yé-ti (“to twist, to bend”). Compare Avestan 𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬌𐬯𐬌𐬀 (uruuisia, “to turn”), German reihen (“to sew loosely”), Latin rīca (“veil”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɾiʃ.ˈta]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [rɪʃ.t̪ʰǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [rɪʃ.t̪ʰǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [rɪʃ.t̪ʰǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [riʃ.t̪ʰǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɹeʃ.t̪ʰé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɾiʃ.t̪ʰǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	rišta
Dari reading?	rišta
Iranian reading?	rešte
Tajik reading?	rišta

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Noun

رشته • (rešte) (plural رشته‌ها (rešte-hâ))

1. thread, string

   رشته مروارید ― rešte-ye morvârid ― string of pearls

   رشته نخ ― rešte-ye nax ― thread of string

   1. (figurative) series, sequence, string

      رشته دروغ ― rešte-ye doruğ ― string of lies

   2. mountain range
   3. (computing) string
2. field of study; subject

   متخصص در رشته‌های مختلف

   motaxasses dar rešte-hâ-ye moxtalef

   specialist in various fields

3. tie, bond (between people)
4. reshte (Persian-style noodles); (loosely) noodles (in general)

Descendants

• → Armenian: արիշտա (arišta), էրիշտա (ērišta), արշտա (aršta), ռշտա (ṙšta)
• → Azerbaijani: əriştə
• → Crimean Tatar: erişte
• → Libyan Arabic: رشتة
• → Hindi: रिश्ता (riśtā)
• → Northern Kurdish: herişte, rişte
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਰਿਸ਼ਤਾ (riśtā)

  Shahmukhi script: رشتہ (riśtā)

• → Turkish: erişte