راست

See also: رأست

Baluchi

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *Hraštáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hraštás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós.

Adjective

راست • (rást)

1. right

Antonyms

• چپ (capp)

Khalaj

Adjective

راست (râst)

1. Arabic spelling of râst (“true, right”)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian راست (rāst, “straight; right”), from Middle Persian rāst, from Old Persian 𐎼𐎠𐎿𐎫 (rāsta, “right”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hraštás.

Adjective

راست • (râst)

1. straight, not crooked, curly, or bent, having a constant direction throughout its length

   Synonyms: طوغری (doğrı), مستقیم (müstekim)

2. true, right, correct, accurate, free from errors or mistakes, complying with correctness

   Synonym: طوغری (doğrı)

3. right, designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north

   Synonym: صاغ (sağ)

4. right, correct, proper, suitable, appropriate, having the required properties for a purpose

Derived terms

• راست اولمق (râst olmak, “to be straight”)
• راست ایتمك (râst etmek, “to adjust, correct”)
• راست بالا (râst bala, “straight of stature”)
• راست كتیرمك (râst getirmek, “to manage to meet”)
• راست كردانیه (râst gerdâniye, “an old Turkish makam”)
• راست كلمك (râst gelmek, “to meet by chance”)
• راست كله (râst gele, “by chance, fortuitously”)
• راست كوشت (râst geveşt, “an old Turkish makam”)
• راست ماهور (râst mahur, “an old Turkish makam”)
• راست مایه (râst mâye, “a classical Turkish makam”)
• راستا (râsta, “the right hand side”)
• راستان (râstan, “the upright, the honest”)
• راستباز (râstbaz, “who plays fairly”)
• راستبین (râstbîn, “who sees aright”)
• راستكار (râstkâr, “a morally right man”)
• راستكو (râstgû, “always telling the truth”)
• راستلاشمق (râstlaşmak, “to meet one another”)
• راستلامق (râstlamak, “to make straight”)
• راستلق (râstlık, “straightness”)

Related terms

• چاپراز (çapraz, “clasp; frog”)

Descendants

• Turkish: rast
• → Albanian: rast

Further reading

• Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886) “راست”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 9
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “rast1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3940
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “râst”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1052
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “راست”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 611
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Rectus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 1445
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “راست”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 42255
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “rast”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “راست”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 955

Persian

Alternative forms

• راس (râs) (colloquial)

Etymology

From Middle Persian rāst, from Old Persian 𐎼𐎠𐎿𐎫 (rāsta, “right”), from Proto-Iranian *Hraštáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hraštás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós (“having moved in a straight line”), from *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten, direct”). Cognate with English right.

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [rɑːst̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [rɑːst̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [rɑːs]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [rɔːs]

 

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɹɒːst̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɹɒːst̪]
  • (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [ɹɒːs]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɾɔst̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	rāst
Dari reading?	rāst
Iranian reading?	râst
Tajik reading?	rost

• Audio (Iran):

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Adjective

Dari	راست
Iranian Persian
Tajik	рост

راست • (râst)

1. straight

   Synonym: مستقیم (mostaqim)

   Antonym: کج (kaj)

   خطِ راست ― xat-e râst ― straight line

2. direct; straight

   راست برو. ― râst borow. ― Go directly.

   راست رفت منزل. ― râst raft manzel. ― He went straight home.

3. right (dexter, opposite of left)

   Antonym: چپ (čap)

   چشمِ راست ― češm-e râst ― right eye

4. true; right

   Synonym: درست (dorost)

   Antonym: دروغ (doruğ)

   راست گفتن ― râst goftan ― to tell the truth

5. erect

Derived terms

• راست کردن (râst kardan)
• راست گفتن (râst goftan)
• راستگو (râstgu)
• راستی (râsti)
• راستین (râstin)
• یک راست (yek râst)

Noun

راست • (râst)

1. truth

   Antonym: دروغ (doruğ)

   دروغ مصلحت آمیز به از راست فتنه انگیز.

   doruğ-e maslahat-âmiz beh az râst-e fetne-angiz.

   A lie which brings benefit is better than a truth that causes sedition.

   (a Classical Persian saying)

2. (music) rast (a Persian mode)

Descendants

• → Armenian: ռաստ (ṙast)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: रास्त (rāst)

  Urdu: راست (rāst)

• → Kazakh: рас (ras)
• → Khalaj: râst
• → Ottoman Turkish: راست (râst)
  • Turkish: rast
  • → Albanian: rast
• → Uzbek: rost
• → Yagnobi: рост (rost)