سستی

Urdu

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian سستی (sustī). By surface analysis, سُسْت (sust, “lazy, idle”) +‎ -ی (-ī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /sʊs.t̪iː/

Noun

سُسْتِی • (sustī) f (Hindi spelling सुस्ती)

1. laziness, sloth

   Synonym: آلَس (ālas)

Declension

Declension of سستی
	singular	plural
direct	سُسْتِی (sustī)	سُسْتِیاں (sustiyā̃)
oblique	سُسْتِی (sustī)	سُسْتِیوں (sustiyō̃)
vocative	سُسْتِی (sustī)	سُسْتِیو (sustiyō)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /səs.t̪iː/

Adjective

سَسْتِی • (sastī) (Hindi spelling सस्ती)

1. feminine of سَسْتَا (sastā, “cheap”)

Further reading

• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “سست”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “sustī”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “سستی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.