ہستی

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian هَسْتِی (hastī). First attested in c. 1582 as Middle Hindi ہستی (hsty).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɦəs.t̪iː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Syllabification: ہَس‧تی

Noun

ہَسْتی • (hastī) f (Hindi spelling हस्ती)

1. existence, being

   Synonym: 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.

Declension

Declension of ہستی
	singular	plural
direct	ہَسْتی (hastī)	ہَسْتِیاں (hastiyā̃)
oblique	ہَسْتی (hastī)	ہَسْتِیوں (hastiyō̃)
vocative	ہَسْتی (hastī)	ہَسْتِیو (hastiyō)

Further reading

• “ہستی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ہستی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 674