است
Arabic edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Semitic *ʕašt- (“one”).
Noun edit
اِسْت • (ist) m (plural أَسْتَاه (ʔastāh))
- rump; buttocks
- Synonyms: عَجُز (ʕajuz), دُبْر (dubr), مُؤَخِّرَة (muʔaḵḵira), أَلْيَة (ʔalya)
- first, beginning, foundation
- اِسْتُ الدَّهْرِ ― istu ad-dahri ― the beginning of time
Declension edit
Declension of noun اِسْت (ist)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | اِسْت ist |
الِاسْت al-ist |
اِسْت ist |
Nominative | اِسْتٌ istun |
الِاسْتُ al-istu |
اِسْتُ istu |
Accusative | اِسْتًا istan |
الِاسْتَ al-ista |
اِسْتَ ista |
Genitive | اِسْتٍ istin |
الِاسْتِ al-isti |
اِسْتِ isti |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | اِسْتَيْن istayn |
الِاسْتَيْن al-istayn |
اِسْتَيْ istay |
Nominative | اِسْتَانِ istāni |
الِاسْتَانِ al-istāni |
اِسْتَا istā |
Accusative | اِسْتَيْنِ istayni |
الِاسْتَيْنِ al-istayni |
اِسْتَيْ istay |
Genitive | اِسْتَيْنِ istayni |
الِاسْتَيْنِ al-istayni |
اِسْتَيْ istay |
Plural | basic broken plural triptote | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | أَسْتَاه ʔastāh |
الْأَسْتَاه al-ʔastāh |
أَسْتَاه ʔastāh |
Nominative | أَسْتَاهٌ ʔastāhun |
الْأَسْتَاهُ al-ʔastāhu |
أَسْتَاهُ ʔastāhu |
Accusative | أَسْتَاهًا ʔastāhan |
الْأَسْتَاهَ al-ʔastāha |
أَسْتَاهَ ʔastāha |
Genitive | أَسْتَاهٍ ʔastāhin |
الْأَسْتَاهِ al-ʔastāhi |
أَسْتَاهِ ʔastāhi |
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:است.
Brahui edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *ucV-. Cognate with Kurukh उज्जना (ujjanā)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
اُسْتْ (ust)
Further reading edit
- Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 5393, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Khalaj edit
Postposition edit
اَست (ast)
Noun edit
اَست (ast) (definite accusative اَستؽ, plural اَستلار)
Declension edit
Persian edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Persian 𐭠𐭩𐭲𐭩 (ast), from Old Persian 𐎠𐎿𐎫𐎡𐎹 (astiy), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [ʔast]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [ʔæst̪]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [ʔäst̪]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | ast |
Dari reading? | ast |
Iranian reading? | ast |
Tajik reading? | ast |
audio (file)
Verb edit
است • (ast)
- third-person singular present of بودن (budan, “to be”); is
Synonyms edit
- هست (hast) (In Iranian Persian)
Antonyms edit
- نیست (nist)
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle Persian 𐫀𐫘𐫤 (ʾst /ast/), from Proto-Iranian *HástH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HástʰH, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁. Cognate with Northern Kurdish hestî, Avestan 𐬀𐬯𐬙𐬌- (asti-), Sanskrit अस्थि (asthi), Latin os, Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon), Armenian ոսկոր (oskor).
Noun edit
است • (ast)
See also edit
- استخوان (ostoxân)