See also: اسبنذ and اسپ

Arabic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Semitic *ʕašt- (one).

Noun

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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

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Quotations

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:است.

Brahui

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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اُسْتْ (ust)

  1. heart
    Synonym: زِرْدْ (zird)

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Khalaj

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Postposition

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اَست (ast)

  1. Arabic spelling of ast (under, below)

Noun

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

  1. Arabic spelling of ast (underside)

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Persian

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Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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است (ast)

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

Etymology 2

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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

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است (ast)

  1. (rare) bone

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