حراست

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حِرَاسَة (ḥirāsa).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [hi.ɾɑː.ˈsat]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hɪ.ɾɑː.sǽt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hɪ.ɾɑː.sǽt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪ.ɾɑː.sǽt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔi.ɾɔː.sǽt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [he.ɹɒː.sǽt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hi.ɾɔ.sǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	hirāsat
Dari reading?	hirāsat
Iranian reading?	herâsat
Tajik reading?	hirosat

Noun

حراست • (herâsat)

1. safeguarding, preservation, protection

   تحت حراست پلیس ― taht-e herâsat-e polis ― under police protection

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “حراست”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian حراست (hirāsat), ultimately from Arabic حِراسَة (ḥirāsa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɦɪ.ɾɑː.sət̪/
• Rhymes: -ət̪
• Hyphenation: حِ‧را‧سَت

Noun

حِراسَت • (hirāsat) f (Hindi spelling हिरासत)

1. arrest, custody

Declension

Declension of حراست

	singular	plural
direct	حِراسَت (hirāsat)	حِراسَتیں (hirāsatẽ)
oblique	حِراسَت (hirāsat)	حِراسَتوں (hirāsatõ)
vocative	حِراسَت (hirāsat)	حِراسَتو (hirāsato)

References

• “حراست”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “حراست”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.