است

See also: اسبنذ and اسپ

Arabic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʕašt- (one).

Noun

اِسْت (ist) m (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

Quotations

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Persian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

 

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Verb

است (ast)

  1. third-person singular present of بودن (budan, to be); is
Synonyms
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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

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