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)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “दुरुस्त”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
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: -ə
Adjective
दुरुस्त • (durusta) (indeclinable)
Further reading
More information
- Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “दुरुस्त”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, page 70
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “दुरूस्त”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 419
- दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “दुरुस्त”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 1680