کاستی

Persian

Etymology

From (kāst, past stem of (kāstan, “to reduce”)) +‎ (-i).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /kaːs.ˈtiː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɑːs.t̪ʰíː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰɑːs.t̪ʰíː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰɔːs.t̪ʰí]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɒːs.t̪ʰíː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰɔs.t̪ʰí]

Readings
Classical reading^?	kāstī
Dari reading^?	kāstī
Iranian reading^?	kâsti
Tajik reading^?	kosti

Noun

کاستی • (kāstī / kâsti) (Tajik spelling костӣ)

diminution, decrease, loss
defect, deficiency, flaw, shortcoming
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3548:
  کز برای من بپوشان راستی
  بر فزون بنما و منما کاستی
  k-az ba-rāy-i man bipōšān rāstī
  bar fuzūn binmā u ma-nmā kāstī
  Saying, "Conceal the truth for my sake,
  display the surplus and do not display the deficiency."
  (Classical Persian transliteration)
lie, falsehood

Derived terms

کم و کاستی (kam o kâsti)

References

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “کاستی”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “کاستی”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul