चुस्त چُسْت ♣ Eng. shoot, sheet

चुस्त چُسْت ♣ Eng. shoot, sheet

[cust], adj. quick, alert, smart, tight.

[←New Pers. čust adj. ‘fast, quick, active’] ♣[OIA √cud ‘to urge, impel, incite’]

▲[PIE *(s)keud- ‘to throw, shoot’] (LRC),(AHD)▼

[PIE► ⋯⋯ ►Eng. shoot, shot, sheet, shut]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 0433; (Turner, 1966) p.265, p.787; (MW, 1899) 0400; (Pokorny, 1959) 0955, 0636; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.551; (Horn, 1893) 0442