درست

دَرَسْتُ • (darastu) (form I)

1. first-person singular past active of دَرَسَ (darasa)

دُرِسْتُ • (duristu) (form I)

1. first-person singular past passive of دَرَسَ (darasa)

دَرَسْتَ • (darasta) (form I)

1. second-person masculine singular past active of دَرَسَ (darasa)

دُرِسْتَ • (durista) (form I)

1. second-person masculine singular past passive of دَرَسَ (darasa)

دَرَسْتِ • (darasti) (form I)

1. second-person feminine singular past active of دَرَسَ (darasa)

دُرِسْتِ • (duristi) (form I)

1. second-person feminine singular past passive of دَرَسَ (darasa)

دَرَسَتْ • (darasat) (form I)

1. third-person feminine singular past active of دَرَسَ (darasa)

دُرِسَتْ • (durisat) (form I)

1. third-person feminine singular past passive of دَرَسَ (darasa)

دَرَّسْتُ • (darrastu) (form II)

1. first-person singular past active of دَرَّسَ (darrasa)

دُرِّسْتُ • (durristu) (form II)

1. first-person singular past passive of دَرَّسَ (darrasa)

دَرَّسْتَ • (darrasta) (form II)

1. second-person masculine singular past active of دَرَّسَ (darrasa)

دُرِّسْتَ • (durrista) (form II)

1. second-person masculine singular past passive of دَرَّسَ (darrasa)

دَرَّسْتِ • (darrasti) (form II)

1. second-person feminine singular past active of دَرَّسَ (darrasa)

دُرِّسْتِ • (durristi) (form II)

1. second-person feminine singular past passive of دَرَّسَ (darrasa)

دَرَّسَتْ • (darrasat) (form II)

1. third-person feminine singular past active of دَرَّسَ (darrasa)

دُرِّسَتْ • (durrisat) (form II)

1. third-person feminine singular past passive of دَرَّسَ (darrasa)

دُرُست (durust)

1. Arabic spelling of durust (“correct”)

From Middle Persian drw(y)st' (drust, “right; well, healthy”), from Old Persian *dᵘruvišta, from Proto-Iranian *druwištah. Compare Baluchi دْراه (drāht, “well, healthy”).

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /duɾust/
• (Dari) IPA^(key): /dʊɾʊst/
• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /doɾost/
  • (Tehrani) IPA^(key): /doɾos~doɾost/
  • (Sistani) IPA^(key): /dɾost/
• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /duɾust/

درست • (dorost) (comparative درست‌تَر (dorost-tar), superlative درست‌تَرین (dorost-tarin))

1. correct, right

   جواب درست چیست؟ (more literary)

   javâb-e dorost či-st?

   جواب درست چیه؟ (more colloquial)

   javâb-e dorost či-ye?

   What is the correct answer?

   Synonym: صحیح (sahih)

2. upright, honest
3. whole, complete, entire, exact
   • c. 1100, Omar Khayyam, Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam:

     چون ابر به نوروز رخ لاله بشست، بر خیز و به جام باده کن عزم درست

     čon abr be nowruz rox-e lâle be-šost, bar-xiz o be jâm-e bâde kon 'azm-e dorost

     when the cloud has washed the lilies' cheek on Nowruz, get up and [seek] the wine cup with full determination

4. (music) perfect

   پنجم درست ― panjom-e dorost ― perfect fifth

5. (archaic) well, healthy
   • 995-1077, Abulfazl-i Bayhaqī, Tārīx-i Bayhaqī

     گفت: «بونصر را بگوی که امروز درستم ...»

     guft: "bû nasr râ bigôy ki imrôz durustam ..."

     [He] said: "tell Bu Nasr that I'm well today."

   Synonyms: خوب (xub), تندرست (tandorost)

• نادرست (nâdorost)

• Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 91
• Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2003) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 359-60

Borrowed from Classical Persian درست (durust), from Middle Persian drw(y)st' (drust), from Old Persian [script needed] (*dᵘruvišta), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *druwištah.

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪ʊ.ɾʊst̪/

دُرُسْت • (durust) (Hindi spelling दुरुस्त)

1. in good condition; unbroken, in working order
2. faultless, without defect
3. correct, accurate

   Synonyms: ٹِھیک (ṭhīk), صَحِیح (sahīh)

4. appropriate, fitting, proper

   Synonym: مُناسِب (munāsib)

• تندرست (tandurust, “healthy”)
• تندرستی (tandurustī, “good health”)
• درست کرنا (durust karnā, “to correct”)