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Pali
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Verb
अस्मि
- Devanagari script form of asmi, which is first-person singular present/imperative active of अत्थि (atthi, “to be”)
Sanskrit
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Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hásmi, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hásmi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésmi (“I am, I exist”). Cognate with Ancient Greek εἰμί (eimí), Latin sum, Old English eom (whence English am).
Pronunciation
Verb
अस्मि • (ásmi)
- present active first-person singular of अस्ति (ásti)
अहम् अस्मि।- ahám ásmi.
- I am.