Kashmiri edit

Etymology edit

From Sanskrit आसते (āsate, to sit, remain, exist), from the root आस् (ās).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

آسُن (āsun) (Devanagari आसुन, Sharada 𑆄𑆱𑆶𑆤𑇀)

  1. to be, exist
  2. to have (with the dative case)
  3. an auxiliary verb uses to create progressive or habitual tenses
  4. (used in compound verbs) to be in a state or condition

References edit

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “āˊsatē”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press