दुरुस्त

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian درست (durust), from Middle Persian drw(y)st' (/⁠druyist⁠/), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰruwás. Doublet of ध्रुव (dhruv). Compare Bengali দুরস্ত (durosto), Gujarati દુરસ્ત (durast), Marathi दुरुस्त (durusta), Punjabi ਦਰੁਸਤ (darusat) / دَرُست (darust).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /d̪ʊ.ɾʊst̪/

Adjective

दुरुस्त • (durust) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling دُرُسْت)

  1. right, good, okay
    Synonym: ठीक (ṭhīk)

References

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دُرُسْت (durust) with a semantic narrowing from “correct, right” to “repaired, corrected”. Doublet of ध्रुव (dhruv).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d̪u.ɾus.t̪ə/
  • Hyphenation: दु‧रुस्‧त, दु‧रु‧स्त
  • Rhymes:

Adjective

दुरुस्त • (durusta) (indeclinable)

  1. fixed, repaired
  2. corrected, rectified
    दुरुस्त करणेdurusta karṇeto repair, correct

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