आस्ते

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

আস্তে (Assamese script)
ᬆᬲ᭄ᬢᬾ (Balinese script)
আস্তে (Bengali script)
𑰁𑰭𑰿𑰝𑰸 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀆𑀲𑁆𑀢𑁂 (Brahmi script)
အာသ္တေ (Burmese script)
આસ્તે (Gujarati script)
ਆਸ੍ਤੇ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌆𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍇 (Grantha script)
ꦄꦴꦱ꧀ꦠꦺ (Javanese script)
𑂄𑂮𑂹𑂞𑂵 (Kaithi script)
ಆಸ್ತೇ (Kannada script)
អាស្តេ (Khmer script)
ອາສ຺ເຕ (Lao script)
ആസ്തേ (Malayalam script)
ᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠰ᠌ᢠᡝ (Manchu script)
𑘁𑘭𑘿𑘝𑘹 (Modi script)
ᠠᢗᠰᢐᠧ (Mongolian script)
𑦡𑧍𑧠𑦽𑧚 (Nandinagari script)
𑐁𑐳𑑂𑐟𑐾 (Newa script)
ଆସ୍ତେ (Odia script)
ꢃꢱ꣄ꢡꢾ (Saurashtra script)
𑆄𑆱𑇀𑆠𑆼 (Sharada script)
𑖁𑖭𑖿𑖝𑖸 (Siddham script)
ආස‍්තෙ (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩛𑪁 𑪙𑩫𑩔 (Soyombo script)
𑚁𑚨𑚶𑚙𑚲 (Takri script)
ஆஸ்தே (Tamil script)
ఆస్తే (Telugu script)
อาสฺเต (Thai script)
ཨཱ་སྟེ (Tibetan script)
𑒂𑒮𑓂𑒞𑒹 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨊𑨰𑩇𑨙𑨄 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *HaHstay, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éh₁s-tor. Cognate with Hittite [script needed] (ēsa), Avestan 𐬃𐬢𐬵𐬁𐬌𐬭𐬈 (ā̊ŋhāⁱre, “they sit”), Ancient Greek ἧμαι (hêmai).^[1]^[2]^[3]

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑ́ːs.tɐj/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɑːs̪.t̪eː/

Verb

आस्ते॑ • (ā́ste) third-singular indicative (class 2, type A, present, root आस्)

to be; to stay
Synonyms: वर्तते (vartate), वसति (vasati), ध्रियते (dhriyate), अवतिष्ठते (avatiṣṭhate), क्षियति (kṣiyati), स्थलति (sthalati), मठति (maṭhati), तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati)
to sit
Synonyms: उपविशति (upaviśati), निषीदति (niṣīdati)

Conjugation

Present: आस्ते॑ (ā́ste)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	- -	- -	- -	आस्ते॑ ā́ste	आसा॑ते ā́sāte	आस॑ते ā́sate
Second	- -	- -	- -	आस्से॑ ā́sse	आसा॑थे ā́sāthe	आद्ध्वे॑ ā́ddhve
First	- -	- -	- -	आसे॑ ā́se	आस्व॑हे ā́svahe	आस्म॑हे ā́smahe
Imperative
Third	- -	- -	- -	आस्ता॑म् ā́stām	आसा॑ताम् ā́sātām	आस॑ताम् ā́satām
Second	- -	- -	- -	आस्स्व॑ ā́ssva	आसा॑थाम् ā́sāthām	आद्ध्व॑म् ā́ddhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	आसै॑ ā́sai	आसा॑वहै ā́sāvahai	आसा॑महै ā́sāmahai
Optative/Potential
Third	- -	- -	- -	आसी॑त ā́sīta	आसी॑याताम् ā́sīyātām	आसी॑रन् ā́sīran
Second	- -	- -	- -	आसी॑थाः ā́sīthāḥ	आसी॑याथाम् ā́sīyāthām	आसी॑ध्वम् ā́sīdhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	आसी॑य ā́sīya	आसी॑वहि ā́sīvahi	आसी॑महि ā́sīmahi
Subjunctive
Third	- -	- -	- -	आस॑ते / आसा॑तै ā́sate / ā́sātai	आसै॑ते ā́saite	आस॑न्त / आसा॑न्तै ā́santa / ā́sāntai
Second	- -	- -	- -	आस॑से / आसा॑सै ā́sase / ā́sāsai	आसै॑थे ā́saithe	आस॑ध्वे / आसा॑ध्वै ā́sadhve / ā́sādhvai
First	- -	- -	- -	आसै॑ ā́sai	आसा॑वहै ā́sāvahai	आसा॑महै ā́sāmahai
Participles
	- -			आसी॑न / आ॒सा॒न ā́sīna / āsāná
Notes	The subjunctive is only used in Vedic Sanskrit.

Imperfect: आस्त॑ (ā́sta)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	- -	- -	- -	आस्त॑ ā́sta	आसा॑ताम् ā́sātām	आस॑त ā́sata
Second	- -	- -	- -	आस्थाः॑ ā́sthāḥ	आसा॑थाम् ā́sāthām	आद्ध्व॑म् ā́ddhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	आसि॑ ā́si	आस्व॑हि ā́svahi	आस्म॑हि ā́smahi

References

^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 181
^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 232
^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “ās”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 81