"کاستی" meaning in Persian

See کاستی in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [kɑːs.ˈtiː] [Classical-Persian], [kʰɑːs.t̪ʰíː] [Dari, formal], [kʰɑːs.t̪ʰíː] [Dari, formal], [kʰɑːs.t̪ʰíː] [Kabuli], [kʰɔːs.t̪ʰí] (note: Hazaragi), [kʰɒːs.t̪ʰíː] [Iran, formal], [kʰɔs.t̪ʰí] [Tajik, formal] Forms: kāsti [romanization]
Etymology: From کاست (kāst, past stem of کاستن (kāstan, “to reduce”)) + ـی (-i). Etymology templates: {{af|fa|کاست <pos:past stem of <i class="Arab fa-Arab mention" lang="fa">کاستن</i> (kāstan, “to reduce”)>|ـی}} کاست (kāst, past stem of کاستن (kāstan, “to reduce”)) + ـی (-i) Head templates: {{head|fa|noun|||||||f1tr=|f2tr=|f3tr=|head=|head2=|head3=|tr=kāsti|tr2=|tr3=}} کاستی • (kāsti), {{fa-noun|tr=kāsti}} کاستی • (kāsti)
  1. diminution, decrease, loss
    Sense id: en-کاستی-fa-noun-9pE81Ins Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Persian entries with incorrect language header, Persian terms suffixed with ـی Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 43 44 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 34 30 Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 43 29 28 Disambiguation of Persian terms suffixed with ـی: 37 34 29
  2. defect, deficiency, flaw, shortcoming
    Sense id: en-کاستی-fa-noun-BOiXZwuK Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Persian terms suffixed with ـی Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 43 44 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 34 30 Disambiguation of Persian terms suffixed with ـی: 37 34 29
  3. lie, falsehood
    Sense id: en-کاستی-fa-noun-kyV~MqEu Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Persian terms suffixed with ـی Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 43 44 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 34 30 Disambiguation of Persian terms suffixed with ـی: 37 34 29
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: کم و کاستی (kam o kâsti)
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "kam o kâsti",
      "word": "کم و کاستی"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "کاست\n<pos:past stem of <i class=\"Arab fa-Arab mention\" lang=\"fa\">کاستن</i> (kāstan, “to reduce”)>",
        "3": "ـی"
      },
      "expansion": "کاست (kāst, past stem of کاستن (kāstan, “to reduce”)) + ـی (-i)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From کاست (kāst, past stem of کاستن (kāstan, “to reduce”)) + ـی (-i).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kāsti",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "",
        "f2tr": "",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "kāsti",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "کاستی • (kāsti)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "tr": "kāsti"
      },
      "expansion": "کاستی • (kāsti)",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "43 44 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 34 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "43 29 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 34 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian terms suffixed with ـی",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "diminution, decrease, loss"
      ],
      "id": "en-کاستی-fa-noun-9pE81Ins",
      "links": [
        [
          "diminution",
          "diminution"
        ],
        [
          "decrease",
          "decrease"
        ],
        [
          "loss",
          "loss"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "43 44 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 34 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 34 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian terms suffixed with ـی",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              83,
              94
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              44,
              49
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Saying, \"Conceal the truth for my sake,\ndisplay the surplus and do not display the deficiency.\"",
          "ref": "c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3548:",
          "roman": "k-az ba-rāy-i man bipōšān rāstī\nbar fuzūn binmā u ma-nmā kāstī",
          "text": "کز برای من بپوشان راستی\nبر فزون بنما و منما کاستی",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "defect, deficiency, flaw, shortcoming"
      ],
      "id": "en-کاستی-fa-noun-BOiXZwuK",
      "links": [
        [
          "defect",
          "defect"
        ],
        [
          "deficiency",
          "deficiency"
        ],
        [
          "flaw",
          "flaw"
        ],
        [
          "shortcoming",
          "shortcoming"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "43 44 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 34 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 34 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian terms suffixed with ـی",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lie, falsehood"
      ],
      "id": "en-کاستی-fa-noun-kyV~MqEu",
      "links": [
        [
          "lie",
          "lie"
        ],
        [
          "falsehood",
          "falsehood"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[kɑːs.ˈtiː]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰɑːs.t̪ʰíː]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰɑːs.t̪ʰíː]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰɑːs.t̪ʰíː]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰɔːs.t̪ʰí]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰɒːs.t̪ʰíː]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰɔs.t̪ʰí]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "کاستی"
}
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  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Persian lemmas",
    "Persian nouns",
    "Persian terms suffixed with ـی",
    "Persian terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "kam o kâsti",
      "word": "کم و کاستی"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "کاست\n<pos:past stem of <i class=\"Arab fa-Arab mention\" lang=\"fa\">کاستن</i> (kāstan, “to reduce”)>",
        "3": "ـی"
      },
      "expansion": "کاست (kāst, past stem of کاستن (kāstan, “to reduce”)) + ـی (-i)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From کاست (kāst, past stem of کاستن (kāstan, “to reduce”)) + ـی (-i).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kāsti",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f1tr": "",
        "f2tr": "",
        "f3tr": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "head3": "",
        "tr": "kāsti",
        "tr2": "",
        "tr3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "کاستی • (kāsti)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "tr": "kāsti"
      },
      "expansion": "کاستی • (kāsti)",
      "name": "fa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "diminution, decrease, loss"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "diminution",
          "diminution"
        ],
        [
          "decrease",
          "decrease"
        ],
        [
          "loss",
          "loss"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Persian terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              83,
              94
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              44,
              49
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Saying, \"Conceal the truth for my sake,\ndisplay the surplus and do not display the deficiency.\"",
          "ref": "c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3548:",
          "roman": "k-az ba-rāy-i man bipōšān rāstī\nbar fuzūn binmā u ma-nmā kāstī",
          "text": "کز برای من بپوشان راستی\nبر فزون بنما و منما کاستی",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "defect, deficiency, flaw, shortcoming"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "defect",
          "defect"
        ],
        [
          "deficiency",
          "deficiency"
        ],
        [
          "flaw",
          "flaw"
        ],
        [
          "shortcoming",
          "shortcoming"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "lie, falsehood"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lie",
          "lie"
        ],
        [
          "falsehood",
          "falsehood"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[kɑːs.ˈtiː]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰɑːs.t̪ʰíː]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰɑːs.t̪ʰíː]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰɑːs.t̪ʰíː]",
      "tags": [
        "Kabuli"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰɔːs.t̪ʰí]",
      "note": "Hazaragi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰɒːs.t̪ʰíː]",
      "tags": [
        "Iran",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʰɔs.t̪ʰí]",
      "tags": [
        "Tajik",
        "formal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "کاستی"
}

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