શિસ્ત

Gujarati

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Cognates

Compare Marathi शिस्त (śista), Konkani शिस्त (śista) / xist, Kannada ಶಿಸ್ತು (śistu).

Noun

શિસ્ત • (śist) f

  1. discipline

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian شُسْت (šust, past participle of شُسْتَن (šustan)) with a semantic broadening from “washed” to “appropriate”.[1]

Adjective

શિસ્ત • (śist) (indeclinable)

  1. suitable, proper, appropriate, fit, right
    Synonyms: યોગ્ય (yogya), લાયક (lāyak)

References

  1. ^ અમીરમિયાં હમદૂમિયાં ફારૂકી (1926) “શિસ્ત”, in ગુજરાતી ફારસી અરબી શબ્દકોશ (gujrātī phārsī arabī śabdakoś) [Gujarati, Persian, Arabic Dictionary] (in Gujarati), volume 2, અમદાવાદ [Ahmedabad], page 253, column 1

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