𐎠𐎿𐎫𐎡𐎹

Old Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *Hásti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hásti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti. Cognate with Sanskrit अस्ति (ásti).

Verb

𐎠𐎿𐎫𐎡𐎹 (a-s-t-i-y /astiy/)

1. to be, exist
2. to be (copula)

Descendants

• Middle Persian:

  Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭠𐭩𐭲𐭩 (ast)

  • Persian: است (ast)