سستی

Urdu

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian سستی (sustī). By surface analysis, سُسْت (sust, lazy, idle) + ().

Pronunciation

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

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.
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