است

See also: اسبنذ‎ and اسپ‎

Arabic

Alternative forms

• سَتَه‎ (satah), سَه‎ (sah), سَت‎ (sat)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʕašt- (“one”).

Noun

اِسْت • (ist) m (plural أَسْتَاه‎ (ʾastāh))

1. anus

   Synonyms: شَرَج‎ (šaraj), عَزَقة‎ (ʿazaqa)

2. buttocks, backside

   Synonym: دُبْر‎ (dubr)

3. first, beginning, foundation
   ‏اِسْتُ الدَّهْرِ‎

   istu d-dahri

   the beginning of time

Declension

Declension of noun اِسْت (ist)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	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 ʾastāh	الْأَسْتَاه‎ al-ʾastāh	أَسْتَاه‎ ʾastāh
Nominative	أَسْتَاهٌ‎ ʾastāhun	الْأَسْتَاهُ‎ al-ʾastāhu	أَسْتَاهُ‎ ʾastāhu
Accusative	أَسْتَاهًا‎ ʾastāhan	الْأَسْتَاهَ‎ al-ʾastāha	أَسْتَاهَ‎ ʾastāha
Genitive	أَسْتَاهٍ‎ ʾastāhin	الْأَسْتَاهِ‎ al-ʾastāhi	أَسْتَاهِ‎ ʾastāhi

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Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian 𐭠𐭩𐭲𐭩‎ (ast), from Old Persian 𐎠𐎿𐎫𐎡𐎹 (astiy), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti.

Pronunciation

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Verb

است • (ast)

1. third-person singular present of بودن‎ (budan, “to be”); is

Synonyms

• هست‎ (hast)

Antonyms

• نیست‎ (nist)

Etymology 2

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

است • (ast)

1. (rare) bone

See also

• استخوان‎ (ostoxân)