سستی

Urdu

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Persian ‎ (sosti). Synchronically analysable as سُسْت‎ (sust, “lazy, idle”) +‎ ـی‎ (-ī).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /sʊs.t̪iː/

(Deccani) IPA^(key): /sʊs.t̪iː/

Noun

سُسْتِی • (sustī) f (Hindi spelling सुस्ती)

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

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /səs.t̪iː/

(Deccani) IPA^(key): /səs.t̪iː/

Adjective

سَسْتِی • (sastī) (Hindi spelling सस्ती)

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 Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.

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