Persian · noun · Character & Virtue

Raasti

रास्ती
said RAAS-ti
also written: raasti, rasti
Meaning

Rectitude, straightness, truthful uprightness of conduct.

Literally: Persian raast (straight, true) + the abstract suffix: being straight.

Usage & notes

Straightness of character carries the classical sense of the upright life; for Iqbal the true self is morally erect, its path as straight as its word is true.