سستی
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Urdu
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Persian سستی (sustī). By surface analysis, سُسْت (sust, “lazy, idle”) + -ی (-ī).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /sʊs.t̪iː/
Noun
[edit]سُسْتِی • (sustī) f (Hindi spelling सुस्ती)
Declension
[edit]| Declension of سستی | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| direct | سُسْتِی (sustī) | سُسْتِیاں (sustiyā̃) |
| oblique | سُسْتِی (sustī) | سُسْتِیوں (sustiyō̃) |
| vocative | سُسْتِی (sustī) | سُسْتِیو (sustiyō) |
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /səs.t̪iː/
Adjective
[edit]سَسْتِی • (sastī) (Hindi spelling सस्ती)
Further reading
[edit]- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “سست”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “sustī”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- “سستی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.