Where does “doğru dürüst” come from?

doğru dürüst (Turkish) comes from Turkish dürüst, from Ottoman Turkish درست, from Classical Persian دُرُسْت.

doğru dürüst (Turkish): Without lies or deceit; proper, decent

Definitions

  1. Without lies or deceit; proper, decent

Ancestry of “doğru dürüst”, step by step

doğru dürüst traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish dürüst

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishdürüsthonest
2Ottoman Turkishدرست—
3Classical Persianدُرُسْت—

via Turkish doğru

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishdoğrutrue; right; line
2Ottoman Turkishطوغریstraight; true
3Proto-Turkic*togru—
Every word from Classical Persian دُرُسْت →Every word from Ottoman Turkish درست →Every word from Turkish dürüst →