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”)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian راست (rāst, “straight; right”), from Middle Persian rāst, from Old Persian 𐎼𐎠𐎿𐎫 (rāsta, “right”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hraštás.

Adjective

راست • (râst)

  1. straight, not crooked, curly, or bent, having a constant direction throughout its length
    Synonyms: طوغری (doğrı), مستقیم (müstekim)
  2. true, right, correct, accurate, free from errors or mistakes, complying with correctness
    Synonym: طوغری (doğrı)
  3. right, designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north
    Synonym: صاغ (sağ)
  4. right, correct, proper, suitable, appropriate, having the required properties for a purpose

Derived terms

  • راست اولمق (râst olmak, “to be straight”)
  • راست ایتمك (râst etmek, “to adjust, correct”)
  • راست بالا (râst bala, “straight of stature”)
  • راست كتیرمك (râst getirmek, “to manage to meet”)
  • راست كردانیه (râst gerdâniye, “an old Turkish makam”)
  • راست كلمك (râst gelmek, “to meet by chance”)
  • راست كله (râst gele, “by chance, fortuitously”)
  • راست كوشت (râst geveşt, “an old Turkish makam”)
  • راست ماهور (râst mahur, “an old Turkish makam”)
  • راست مایه (râst mâye, “a classical Turkish makam”)
  • راستا (râsta, “the right hand side”)
  • راستان (râstan, “the upright, the honest”)
  • راستباز (râstbaz, “who plays fairly”)
  • راستبین (râstbîn, “who sees aright”)
  • راستكار (râstkâr, “a morally right man”)
  • راستكو (râstgû, “always telling the truth”)
  • راستلاشمق (râstlaşmak, “to meet one another”)
  • راستلامق (râstlamak, “to make straight”)
  • راستلق (râstlık, “straightness”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: rast
  • → Albanian: rast

Further reading

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
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

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 (doruġ)
    راست گفتن ― râst goftan ― to tell the truth
  5. erect

Derived terms

Noun

راست • (râst)

  1. truth
    Antonym: دروغ (doruġ)
    دروغ مصلحت آمیز به از راست فتنه انگیز.
    doruġ-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:
    Hindi: रास्त (rāst)
    Urdu: راست (rāst)
  • → 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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