सरपरस्ती

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سرپرستی (sarparastī). By surface analysis, सर (sar) +‎ -परस्त (-parast) +‎ -ई (-ī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /səɾ.pə.ɾəs.t̪iː/, [sɐɾ.pɐ.ɾɐs.t̪iː]
• Hyphenation: सर‧परस्ती

Noun

सरपरस्ती • (sarparastī) f (Urdu spelling سَرپَرَسْتی)

1. patronage, protection, mentorship, guardianship

   रजवाड़ों की सरपरस्ती में ― rajvāṛõ kī sarparastī mẽ ― under the patronage of the princely states

Declension

Declension of सरपरस्ती (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सरपरस्ती saraprastī	सरपरस्तियाँ saraprastiyā̃
oblique	सरपरस्ती saraprastī	सरपरस्तियों saraprastiyõ
vocative	सरपरस्ती saraprastī	सरपरस्तियो saraprastiyo

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “सरपरस्ती”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 4993
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “सर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 990
• Platts, John T. (1884) “سر”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 649
• “सरपरस्ती”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.