شکست

Persian

Etymology

Past stem of the verb شکستن (šekastan, “to break”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʃi.ˈkast/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɪ.kʰást̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃɪ.kʰást̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʃɪ.kʰást̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʃi.kʰást̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃe.kʰʲǽst̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʃi.kʰást̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	šikast
Dari reading?	šikast
Iranian reading?	šekast
Tajik reading?	šikast

Noun

Dari	شِکَست
Iranian Persian
Tajik	шикаст

شکست • (šekast)

1. fracture
2. defeat
3. failure (in an exam)

Derived terms

• شکست دادن (šekast dâdan)
• شکست ناپذیر (šekast nâpazir)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: şikəst
• → Gujarati: શિકસ્ત (śikast)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: शिकस्त (śikast)

  Urdu: شکست (śikast)

• → Marathi: शिकस्त (śikasta)
• → Northern Kurdish: şikest, şikist
• → Punjabi: ਸ਼ਿਕਸਤ (śiksat)
• → Tamil: சிகஸ்து (cikastu)