ஜாஸ்தி

Tamil

Etymology

Borrowed from Telugu జాస్తి (jāsti),[1] from Classical Persian زیادتی (ziyādatī), from Arabic زِيَادَةِ (ziyādati). Compare Marathi जास्त (jāsta), Kannada ಜಾಸ್ತಿ (jāsti).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʑaːst̪ɪ/, [d͡ʑaːst̪i]

Adjective

ஜாஸ்தி • (jāsti)

  1. more than, exceeding
    Synonyms: மிகுதி (mikuti), அதிகம் (atikam)

Adverb

ஜாஸ்தி • (jāsti)

  1. more, excessively

References

  1. ^ University of Madras (1924–1936), “ஜாஸ்தி”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press
  • The template Template:R:ta:McAlpin does not use the parameter(s): 
    2=687
    Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.    David W. McAlpin (1981), “அதிகம்”, in A Core Vocabulary for Tamil, Philadelphia: Dept. of South Asia Regional Studies, University of Pennsylvania, page [1]
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.