नास्ति

See also: Nasti

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

নাস্তি (Assamese script)
ᬦᬵᬲ᭄ᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
নাস্তি (Bengali script)
𑰡𑰯𑰭𑰿𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀦𑀸𑀲𑁆𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
နာသ္တိ (Burmese script)
નાસ્તિ (Gujarati script)
ਨਾਸ੍ਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌨𑌾𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
ꦤꦴꦱ꧀ꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
𑂢𑂰𑂮𑂹𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
ನಾಸ್ತಿ (Kannada script)
នាស្តិ (Khmer script)
ນາສ຺ຕິ (Lao script)
നാസ്തി (Malayalam script)
ᠨᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠰ᠌ᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘡𑘰𑘭𑘿𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
ᠨᠠᢗᠰᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑧁𑧑𑧍𑧠𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
𑐣𑐵𑐳𑑂𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
ନାସ୍ତି (Odia script)
ꢥꢵꢱ꣄ꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
𑆤𑆳𑆱𑇀𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
𑖡𑖯𑖭𑖿𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
නාස‍්ති (Sinhalese script)
𑩯𑩛𑪁 𑪙𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
𑚝𑚭𑚨𑚶𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
நாஸ்தி (Tamil script)
నాస్తి (Telugu script)
นาสฺติ (Thai script)
ནཱ་སྟི (Tibetan script)
𑒢𑒰𑒮𑓂𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
𑨝𑨊𑨰𑩇𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-Iranian *ná

Sanskrit न (na)

Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hásti

Sanskrit अस्ति (asti)

Sanskrit नास्ति

Univerbation of न (na) +‎ अस्ति (asti).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /nɑːs.ti/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /n̪ɑːs̪.t̪i/

Verb

नास्ति • (nāsti) third-singular indicative

(impersonal, indeclinable) it is not, it does not exist

Descendants

Prakrit: 𑀡𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀺 (ṇatthi)
- Gujarati: નથી (nathī)
- Old Marathi: 𑘡𑘭𑘜𑘹 (nasaṇe)
  - Marathi: नसणे (nasṇe)
→ Tamil: நாஸ்தி (nāsti), நாத்தி (nātti)
→ Telugu: నాస్తి (nāsti)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “नास्ति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 523, column 3.
Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “नास्ति”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 891