پاستا

Persian

Dari	پستا
Iranian Persian	پاستا
Tajik	паста

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pasta.

Pronunciation

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɑːs.t̪ʰɑ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɒːs.t̪ʰɒ́ː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰäs.t̪ʰǽ]

Readings
Dari reading?	pāstā
Iranian reading?	pâstâ
Tajik reading?	pasta

Noun

پاستا • (pâstâ) (plural پاستاها (pâstâ-hâ))

1. pasta

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “پاستا”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian پاستا (pâstâ) or English pasta, both from Italian pasta, ultimately from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /pɑːs.t̪ɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː

Noun

پاسْتا • (pāstā) m (Hindi spelling पास्ता)

1. pasta

Declension

Declension of پاستا
	singular	plural
direct	پاستا (pāstā)	پاستے (pāste)
oblique	پاستے (pāste)	پاستوں (pāstõ)
vocative	پاستے (pāste)	پاستو (pāsto)

References

• “پاستا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “پاستا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.