زشت

See also: رشت and ژست

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (zyšt' /⁠zišt⁠/, “hateful, ugly”), a loanword from Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬀 (zaēša) from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰáyždas, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéysd-os, from *ǵʰeysd- (“anger, agitation”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *gaistaz (“ghost, mind”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ziʃt]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zɪʃt̪]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [zeʃt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ziʃt̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	zišt
Iranian reading?	zešt
Tajik reading?	zišt

Adjective

زشت • (zešt) (comparative زشت‌تَر (zešt-tar), superlative زشت‌تَرین (zešt-tarin))

1. ugly

Related terms

• زشتی (zešti)
• زشت کردن (zešt kardan)

Descendants

• → Gulf Arabic: زشت (zišt)