راست

See also: رأست

Baluchi

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *Hraštáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hraštás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós.

Adjective

راست • (rást)

  1. right

Antonyms

Khalaj

Adjective

راست (râst)

  1. Arabic spelling of râst (“true, right”)

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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
 
 

Readings
Classical reading? rāst
Dari reading? rāst
Iranian reading? râst
Tajik reading? rost
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Adjective
Dari راست
Iranian Persian
Tajik рост

راست • (râst)

  1. straight
    Synonym: مستقیم (mostaqim)
    Antonym: کج (kaj)
    خطِ راست ― xat-e râst ― straight line
  2. direct; straight
    راست برو. ― râst borow. ― Go directly.
    راست رفت منزل. ― râst raft manzel. ― He went straight home.
  3. right (dexter, opposite of left)
    Antonym: چپ (čap)
    چشمِ راست ― češm-e râst ― right eye
  4. true; right
    Synonym: درست (dorost)
    Antonym: دروغ (doruğ)
    راست گفتن ― râst goftan ― to tell the truth
  5. erect

Derived terms

Noun

راست • (râst)

  1. 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.
    (a Classical Persian saying)
  2. (music) rast (a Persian mode)

Descendants
  • → Armenian: ռաստ (ṙast)
  • → Hindustani: rāst
    Hindi: रास्त
    Urdu: راست
  • → Kazakh: рас (ras)
  • → Khalaj: râst
  • → Ottoman Turkish: راست (râst)
  • → Uzbek: rost
  • → Yagnobi: рост (rost)

References
  1. Edelʹman, D. I. (2020) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 6, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 437
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