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.

Pronunciation
  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /ɾɔst/

  • Audio (Iran)(file)

Adjective
Dari راست
Iranian Persian
Tajik рост (rost)

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)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: راست‎ (râst)
  • → Uzbek: rost
  • → Yagnobi: рост (rost)
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