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Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian هَسْتِی (hastī). First attested in c. 1582 as Middle Hindi ہستی (hsty).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
ہَسْتی • (hastī) f (Hindi spelling हस्ती)
- 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
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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ہَسْتی (hastī)
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ہَسْتِیاں (hastiyā̃)
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| oblique
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ہَسْتی (hastī)
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ہَسْتِیوں (hastiyō̃)
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| vocative
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ہَسْتی (hastī)
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ہَسْتِیو (hastiyō)
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References
- ^ “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 , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ہستی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 674