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
    Synonyms: وَجُود (vajūd), ہونا (honā), 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.
  2. personality, entity

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, 2026.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “ہستی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 674
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