سرشت

Persian

Etymology

Cognate with Northern Kurdish sirişt.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [si.ˈɾiʃt]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sɪ.ɾɪ́ʃt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [sɪ.ɾɪ́ʃt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sɪ.ɾɪ́ʃt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [si.ɾíʃt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [se.ɹéʃt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [si.ɾíʃt̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	sirišt
Dari reading?	sirišt
Iranian reading?	serešt
Tajik reading?	sirišt

Noun

سرشت • (serešt)

1. nature
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 699:

     برده‏ای از خویش و پیوند و سرشت
     کرده‏ای در چشم او هر خوب زشت‏

     burdā-ī az xwēš u paywand u sirišt
     kardā-ī dar čašm-i ō har xūb zišt

     Thou hast borne them away from kindred and relatives and (their own) nature,
     Thou hast made every fair thing foul in his (such a one's) eyes.

   پس سرشت کمونیسم چیست؟

   So what is the nature of communism?

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سرشت (sirišt).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /sə.ɾɪʃt̪/

Noun

سرشت • (sariśt) f (Hindi spelling सरिश्त)

1. nature

   آواز اونچی کر کے بولنا میری سرشت میں نہیں

   āvāz ū̃ci kar ke bolnā merī sariśt mẽ nahī̃

   Speaking in a loud voice is not in my nature

2. disposition

References

• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “سرشت”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• “سرشت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.