Persian · noun · Character & Virtue

Bardaasht

बर्दाश्त
said bar-DAASHT
also written: bardasht
Meaning

Tolerance, endurance, the capacity to bear and put up with hardship or difference.

Literally: Persian bardashtan, to lift up and bear: the bearing of a burden.

Usage & notes

Bardasht is the everyday endurance and tolerance of the patient soul; in the moral tradition Iqbal draws on, the strong character carries trial and even provocation without buckling.