کاستی‌‌

Persian

Etymology

Derived from کاست (kāst, “diminution; falsehood”), itself the 3rd person singular in the past tense of کاستن (kāstan, “to reduce”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [kɑːs.tiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɑːs.t̪ʰiː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɑːs.t̪ʰiː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰɑːs.t̪ʰiː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰɔːs.t̪ʰi]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɒːs.t̪ʰiː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɔs.t̪ʰi]

Readings
Classical reading?	kāstī
Dari reading?	kāstī
Iranian reading?	kâsti
Tajik reading?	kosti

Noun

Dari	کاستی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	касти

کاستی‌‌ • (kāsti)

1. diminution, decrease, loss
2. defect, deficiency, flaw, shortcoming
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3548:

     کز برای من بپوشان راستی
     بر فزون بنما و منما کاستی

     kaz barāyi man bi-pōšān rāstī
     bar fuzūn bi-namā u ma-namā kāstī

     Saying, "Conceal the truth for my sake,
     display the surplus and do not display the deficiency"

3. lie, falsehood

References

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “کاستی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “کاستی”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul