است

See also: اسبنذ and اسپ

Arabic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unclear.

Conceivably from Proto-Semitic *ʔišd- (backside, lower leg, base, foundation), and related to Classical Syriac ܐܫܬܐ (eštā, base, bottom, buttocks), Ugaritic 𐎌𐎚 (št), Hebrew שֵׁת (šēṯ), and Akkadian 𒁼 (išdum, base, foundation, root), then related to Arabic أُسّ (ʔuss) and أَسَاس (ʔasās), both meaning base or foundation.

Noun

اِسْت • (istm (plural أَسْتَاه (ʔastāh))

  1. rump; buttocks
    Synonyms: عَجُز (ʕajuz), دُبْر (dubr), مُؤَخِّرَة (muʔaḵḵira), أَلْيَة (ʔalya)
    1. anus
      Synonyms: شَرَج (šaraj), فَقْحَة (faqḥa), عَزَقة (ʕazaqa)
  2. first, beginning, foundation
    اِسْتُ الدَّهْرِistu ad-dahrithe 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
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

For quotations using this term, see Citations:است.

Brahui

Alternative forms

  • ہُسْت (hust)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *ucV-. Cognate with Kurukh उज्जना (ujjanā)

Pronunciation

  • (North) IPA(key): /hust/
  • (South) IPA(key): /ʔust/

Noun

اُسْتْ (ust)

  1. heart
    Synonym: زِرْدْ (zird)

Further reading

Khalaj

Postposition

اَست (ast)

  1. Arabic spelling of ast (under, below)

Noun

اَست (ast) (definite accusative اَستؽ, plural اَستلار)

  1. Arabic spelling of ast (underside)

Declension

Declension of است
singular plural
nominative است استلار
genitive استؽݧ استلارؽݧ
dative استقا استلارقا
definite accusative استؽ استلارؽ
locative استچا استلارچا
ablative استدا استلاردا
instrumental استلا استلارلا
equative استوارا استلاروارا

Persian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? ast
Dari reading? ast
Iranian reading? ast
Tajik reading? ast
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Verb

است • (ast)

  1. third-person singular present of بودن (budan, to be); is
    Synonym: (Iranian Persian) هست (hast)
    Antonym: 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