هستم
Persian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Iranian *Háhmi, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hásmi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésmi, from *h₁es- (“to be”). Can be analyzed as هست (hast, “there is, there are”) + ـم (-am, “am”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [has.ˈtam]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [hæs.t̪ʰǽm]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [häs.t̪ʰǽm]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | hastam |
Dari reading? | hastam |
Iranian reading? | hastam |
Tajik reading? | hastam |
Verb edit
Dari | هستم |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | ҳастам |
هستم • (hastam)
- first-person singular present of بودن (budan, “to be”); am