سرشت

Persian

Etymology

From the verb.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /si.ˈɾiʃt/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sɪ.ɾɪ́ʃt̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sɪ.ɾɪ́ʃt̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [si.ɾíʃt̪]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [se.ɹéʃt̪]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [si.ɾíʃt̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	sirišt
Dari reading^?	sirišt
Iranian reading^?	serešt
Tajik reading^?	sirišt

Noun

سرشت • (serešt)

nature (of something)
Synonyms: طبیعت (tab'iyat), نهاد (nehâd)

pas serešt-e komunism čist?
So what is the nature of communism?
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 699:
  برده‌ای از خویش و پیوند و سرشت
  کرده‌ای در چشم او هر خوب زشت
  burda'ī az xwēš u paywand u sirišt
  karda'ī dar čašm-i ō har xūb zišt
  Thou hast borne them away from kindred and relatives and (their own) nature,
  Thou hast made every fair thing foul in his (such a one's) eyes.

Verb

سرشت • (serešt)

past stem of (sereštan)
third-person singular preterite of (sereštan)

References

^ Hübschmann, Heinrich (1895) Persische Studien [Persian Studies] (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (sirišt).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /sə.ɾɪʃt̪/

Noun

سرشت • (sariśt) f (Hindi spelling सरिश्त)

nature
آواز اونچی کر کے بولنا میری سرشت میں نہیں
āvāz ū̃ci kar ke bolnā merī sariśt mẽ nahī̃
Speaking in a loud voice is not in my nature
disposition

References

Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “سرشت”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
“سرشت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.