# अस्ति
## Nepali
### Etymology

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### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ʌst̪i]
* Phonetic Devanagari: अस्ति

### Adverb

अस्ति • (asti)
* the day before yesterday
* last (with days of the week)
    अस्ति सोमबार बेलुकी चाहिँ 'सिस्टम ट्रिप' भएको थियो।
       asti sombār belukī cāhĩ 'sisṭam ṭrip' bhaeko thiyo.
       Last Monday evening there was a system trip.

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* অস্তি (Assamese script)
* ᬅᬲ᭄ᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
* অস্তি (Bengali script)
* 𑰀𑰭𑰿𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀅𑀲𑁆𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* အသ္တိ (Burmese script)
* અસ્તિ (Gujarati script)
* ਅਸ੍ਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌅𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
* ꦄꦱ꧀ꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
* 𑂃𑂮𑂹𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
* ಅಸ್ತಿ (Kannada script)
* អស្តិ (Khmer script)
* ອສ຺ຕິ (Lao script)
* അസ്തി (Malayalam script)
* ᠠᠰ᠌ᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘀𑘭𑘿𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
* ᠠᠰᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦠𑧍𑧠𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐀𑐳𑑂𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
* ଅସ୍ତି (Odia script)
* ꢂꢱ꣄ꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆃𑆱𑇀𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
* 𑖀𑖭𑖿𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
* අස‍්ති (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩐𑪁 𑪙𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚀𑚨𑚶𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
* அஸ்தி (Tamil script)
* అస్తి (Telugu script)
* อสฺติ (Thai script)
* ཨ་སྟི (Tibetan script)
* 𑒁𑒮𑓂𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨀𑨰𑩇𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hásti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti, from *h₁es-.
Cognate with Ancient Greek ἐστί (estí), Latin est, Old Persian 𐎠𐎿𐎫𐎡𐎹 (a-s-t-i-y /⁠astiy⁠/), Hittite 𒂊𒌍𒍣 (ēszi), Old Church Slavonic єстъ (estŭ), Gothic 𐌹𐍃𐍄 (ist), English is.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɐ́s.ti/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈɐs̪.t̪i/

### Verb

अस्ति॑ • (ásti) third-singular indicative (class 2, type P, root अस्)
* to be
* to live
* to exist, be present
* to take place, happen
* to abide, dwell, stay
* to belong to (+ genitive or dative)
* to fall to the share of. happen to any one (+ genitive)
* to be equal to (+ dative)
** c. 700 BCE, Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa 14
** c. 200 BCE – 200 CE, Manusmṛti 11.85:तेषां वेदविदो ब्रूयुस्त्रयोऽप्येनः सुनिष्कृतिम् । सा तेषां पावनाय स्यात्पवित्रा विदुषां हि वाक् ॥teṣāṃ vedavido brūyustrayoʼpyenaḥ suniṣkṛtim. sā teṣāṃ pāvanāya syātpavitrā viduṣāṃ hi vāk.By his origin alone a Brahmana is a deity even for the gods and (his teaching is) authoritative for men, because the Veda is the foundation for that.
* to turn out, tend towards any result, prove (with dative)
* to become
** c. 700 BCE, Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad
* to be (i.e. used as copula, but not only with adjective, but also with adverb)

#### Conjugation

This verb is suppletive; other forms are provided from भवति (bhavati) (from the root भू (bhū)).

#### Derived terms

* आस्तिक (āstika)
* नास्ति (nāsti)
* स्वस्तिक (svastika)

#### Descendants

* Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀅𑀲𑁆𑀢𑀺 (asti)
** Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀅𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀺 (atthi)
** Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀅𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀺 (atthi)
** Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀅𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀺 (atthi)
*** Old Marathi: 𑘁𑘝𑘲 (ātī), 𑘁𑘞𑘲 (āthī)
**** Marathi: आथि (āthi) (poetic)
** Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀅𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀺 (atthi)
*** Old Hindi: आथना (āthanā)
**** Hindustani: āthnā
    Hindi: आथना
    Urdu: آتَھنا (āthanā)
*** Sindhi:
    Arabic script: اَٿَ (atha)
    Devanagari script: अथ (atha)
* Konkani:
** Kodiali: असूंचे (asūñce)
** Goan: आस्चे (āsce)
** Maharashtrian: आस्चे (āsce) (not to be confused with Marathi असणे (asṇe, “to be”), which comes from Sanskrit आक्षेति (ā́kṣeti, “to be”)
* Dardic:
** Northeast Pashayi: āsta
** Northwest Pashayi: āsta
** Southeast Pashayi: āsta
** Southwest Pashayi: āsta
* Helu Prakrit:
** Sinhalese: ඇති (æti)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “अस्ति”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 122, column 2.
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ásti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press