شکست

Persian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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

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

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

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

Noun


Iranian Persian	شِکَست
Dari	شِکَست
Tajik	шикаст

شکست • (šekast)

fracture
defeat
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)
→ Turkmen: şikes

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian .

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʃɪ.kəst̪/

Noun

شِکَسْت • (šikast) f (Hindi spelling शिकस्त)

Further reading

“شکست”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “شکست”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.