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 Hindi) 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 درست (durust), from Middle Persian drw(y)st' (/⁠druyist⁠/), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰruwás. Doublet of ध्रुव (dhruv). Compare Hindi दुरुस्त (durust).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d̪u.ɾus.t̪ə/

Adjective

दुरुस्त • (durusta)

  1. fixed, repaired
  2. corrected, rectified

References

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