گستاخی

Persian

Etymology

From (gostâx) +‎ (-i).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ɡus.taː.ˈxiː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡʊs.t̪ʰɑː.xíː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɡʊs.t̪ʰɑː.xíː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɡus.t̪ʰɔː.xí]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡ̥os.t̪ʰɒː.xíː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡus.t̪ʰɔ.χí]

Readings
Classical reading^?	gustāxī
Dari reading^?	gustāxī
Iranian reading^?	gostâxi
Tajik reading^?	gustoxi

Noun

گستاخی • (gostâxi)

insolence, arrogance
Synonyms: وقاحت (vaqâhat), تکبر (takabbor)

Further reading

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

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (gustāxī). By surface analysis, گُسْتَاخ (gustāx) +‎ ـی (-ī).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɡʊs.t̪ɑː.xiː/
Rhymes: -iː

Noun

گُسْتاخی • (gustāxī) f (Hindi spelling गुस्ताख़ी)

arrogance, insolence

Declension

Declension of **گستاخی**
	singular	plural
direct	گُسْتاخی (gustāxī)	گُسْتاخِیاں (gustāxiyā̃)
oblique	گُسْتاخی (gustāxī)	گُسْتاخِیوں (gustāxiyō̃)
vocative	گُسْتاخی (gustāxī)	گُسْتاخِیو (gustāxiyō)

Further reading

Fallon, S. W. (1879), “گستاخی”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 1001
Platts, John T. (1884), “گستاخی”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 910
Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “گستاخی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 524
“گستاخی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
“گستاخی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.