جست

See also: حسب, چست, خشت, حست, خشب, خسپ, ح س ب, and خ ش ب

Baluchi

Noun

جست • (just)

1. question

See also

• سوال (sawál, suwál)

Pashto

Noun

جست • (jast) m

1. zinc

References

• “جست”, in Pashto Dictionary, Peshawar, Pakistan: Pukhtoogle, 2020.

Persian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒust/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒʊst̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒʊst̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒʊst̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒust̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒost̪ʰ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒust̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	just
Dari reading?	just
Iranian reading?	jost
Tajik reading?	just

Verb

جست • (jost)

1. past stem of جستن (jostan)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒast/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒäst̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒäst̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒäst̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒäst̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒæst̪ʰ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒäst̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	jast
Dari reading?	jast
Iranian reading?	jast
Tajik reading?	jast

Verb

جست • (jast)

1. past stem of جستن (jastan)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جست.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəst̪/

Noun

جَسْت • (jast) f (Hindi spelling जस्त)

1. jump, leap, spring

Further reading

• “جست”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “جست”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.