ہستی

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian هَسْتِی (hastī). First attested in c. 1582 as Middle Hindi ہستی (hsty).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɦəs.t̪iː/
  • Rhymes: -iː
  • Syllabification: ہَس‧تی

Noun

ہَسْتی • (hastī) f (Hindi spelling हस्ती)

  1. existence, being
    Synonym: بُود (būd)
    • 1904, Muhammad Iqbal, Tarānā-e-Hind:
      کُچھ بات ہَے کِہ ہَسْتی مِٹْتی نَہِیں ہَماری
      صَدِیوں رَہَا ہَے دُشْمَن دَورِ زَماں ہَمارا
      kuch bāt hai ki hastī miṭtī nahī̃ hamārī
      sadiyõ rahā hai duśman daur-i zamā̃ hamārā
      There is something about our existence for it doesn't get wiped
      Even though, for centuries, the time-cycle has been our enemy.

Declension

Declension of ہستی
singular plural
direct ہَسْتی (hastī) ہَسْتِیاں (hastiyā̃)
oblique ہَسْتی (hastī) ہَسْتِیوں (hastiyō̃)
vocative ہَسْتی (hastī) ہَسْتِیو (hastiyō)

References

  1. ^ “ہستی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

Further reading

  • “ہستی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ہستی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 674
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