आस्ते

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

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 ēsa, Avestan 𐬃𐬢𐬵𐬁𐬌𐬭𐬈 (ā̊ŋhāⁱre, “they sit”), Ancient Greek ἧσται (hêstai).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

1. to be; to stay

   Synonyms: वर्तते (vartate), वसति (vasati), ध्रियते (dhriyate), अवतिष्ठते (avatiṣṭhate), क्षियति (kṣiyati), स्थलति (sthalati), मठति (maṭhati), तिष्ठति (tiṣṭhati)

2. to sit

   Synonyms: उपविशति (upaviśati), निषीदति (niṣīdati)

Conjugation

Present: आस्ते (ā́ste)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	- -	- -	- -	आस्ते ā́ste	आसाते ā́sāte	आसते ā́sate
Second	- -	- -	- -	आस्से ā́sse	आसाथे ā́sāthe	आद्ध्वे ā́ddhve
First	- -	- -	- -	आसे ā́se	आस्वहे ā́svahe	आस्महे ā́smahe
Imperative
Third	- -	- -	- -	आस्ताम् ā́stām	आसाताम् ā́sātām	आसताम् ā́satām
Second	- -	- -	- -	आस्स्व ā́ssva	आसाथाम् ā́sāthām	आद्ध्वम् ā́ddhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	आसै ā́sai	आसावहै ā́sāvahai	आसामहै ā́sāmahai
Optative/Potential
Third	- -	- -	- -	आसीत ā́sīta	आसीयाताम् ā́sīyātām	आसीरन् ā́sīran
Second	- -	- -	- -	आसीथाः ā́sīthāḥ	आसीयाथाम् ā́sīyāthām	आसीध्वम् ā́sīdhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	आसीय ā́sīya	आसीवहि ā́sīvahi	आसीमहि ā́sīmahi
Subjunctive
Third	- -	- -	- -	आसते / आसातै ā́sate / ā́sātai	आसैते ā́saite	आसन्त / आसान्तै ā́santa / ā́sāntai
Second	- -	- -	- -	आससे / आसासै ā́sase / ā́sāsai	आसैथे ā́saithe	आसध्वे / आसाध्वै ā́sadhve / ā́sādhvai
First	- -	- -	- -	आसै ā́sai	आसावहै ā́sāvahai	आसामहै ā́sāmahai
Participles
	- -			आसीन / आसान ā́sīna / āsāná
Notes	The subjunctive is only used in Vedic Sanskrit.

Imperfect: आस्त (ā́sta)
	Active			Mediopassive
	Singular	Dual	Plural	Singular	Dual	Plural
Indicative
Third	- -	- -	- -	आस्त ā́sta	आसाताम् ā́sātām	आसत ā́sata
Second	- -	- -	- -	आस्थाः ā́sthāḥ	आसाथाम् ā́sāthām	आद्ध्वम् ā́ddhvam
First	- -	- -	- -	आसि ā́si	आस्वहि ā́svahi	आस्महि ā́smahi

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “2. ās”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 159/3.
• Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “आस्”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016