justification راستاورد râstâvard Fr.: justification - A reason, fact, circumstance, or explanation that justifies or defends. What is offered
as grounds for believing an assertion.
- An act of justifying.
Etymology (EN): Verbal noun of → justify. Etymology (PE): Râstâvard, from râst “right, true; just, upright, straight”
(Mid.Pers. râst “true, straight, direct;”
O.Pers. rāsta-
“straight, true,” rās- “to be right, straight, true;” Av. rāz-
“to direct, put in line, set,” razan- “order;” cf. Skt. raj-
“to direct, stretch,” rjuyant- “walking straight;” Gk. orektos “stretched out;”
L. regere “to lead straight, guide, rule,” p.p. rectus “right, straight;”
Ger. recht; E. right;
PIE base *reg- “move in a straight line,” hence, “to direct, rule”) - âvard past stem of âvardan “to bring; to adduce, bring
forward in argument or as evidence”
(Mid.Pers. âwurtan, âvaritan; Av. ābar- “to bring; to possess,”
from prefix ā- + Av./O.Pers. bar- “to bear, carry,”
bareθre “to bear (infinitive),” bareθri
“a female that bears (children), a mother;” Mod.Pers. bordan “to carry;”
Skt. bharati “he carries;” Gk. pherein; L. fero “to carry”).
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