शिस्त

See also: शस्त, शस्ति, शासित, and शास्तृ

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شَسْت (šast) with a semantic broadening from “thumb, fishhook, net, snare” to “discipline”.

Cognates

Compare Gujarati શિસ્ત (śist), Kannada ಶಿಸ್ತು (śistu), Konkani शिस्त (śista) / xist.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɕis.t̪ə/
  • Hyphenation: शिस्‧त, शि‧स्त
  • Rhymes: -ə

Noun

शिस्त • (śista) f

  1. discipline
    Synonym: वळण (vaḷaṇ)
    Antonym: बेशिस्त (beśista)
    शिस्त लावणे ― śista lāvṇe ― to discipline

Derived terms

  • बेशिस्त (beśista)
  • शिस्तबद्ध (śistabaddha)
  • शिस्तभंग (śistabhaṅga)
  • शिस्तवार (śistavār)
  • शिस्तशीर (śistaśīr)
  • स्वयंशिस्त (svayamśista, “self-discipline”)

Further reading

More information
  • Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “शिस्त”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, page 147
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “शिस्त”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 794
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “शिस्त”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 2946
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