हस्त
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬳᬲ᭄ᬢ (Balinese script)
- হস্ত (Assamese script)
- হস্ত (Bengali script)
- 𑰮𑰭𑰿𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌹𑌸𑍍𑌤 (Grantha script)
- હસ્ત (Gujarati script)
- ꦲꦱ꧀ꦠ (Javanese script)
- ಹಸ್ತ (Kannada script)
- ဟသ္တ (Burmese script)
- ହସ୍ତ (Oriya script)
- ꢲꢱ꣄ꢡ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆲𑆱𑇀𑆠 (Sharada script)
- 𑖮𑖭𑖿𑖝 (Siddham script)
- హస్త (Telugu script)
- ཧསྟ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒯𑒮𑓂𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *źʰástas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ĵʰástas (“hand”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes- (“hand”). Cognate with Old Persian 𐎭𐎿𐎫 (d-s-t /dasta/) (whence modern Persian دست (dast)), Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬯𐬙𐬀 (zasta, “hand”), Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, “hand”), Latin hir (“hand”).
Noun
हस्त • (hásta) m
- the hand
- an elephant's trunk
- the forearm (a measure of length from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger)
- the position of the hand
- handwriting
- (astronomy) the 11th (13th) lunar asterism (represented by a hand and containing five stars, identified by some with part of the constellation Corvus)
- a species of tree
- (prosody) an anapest
- quantity, abundance, mass (ifc. after words signifying 'hair')
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of हस्त (hásta) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | हस्तः hástaḥ |
हस्तौ hástau |
हस्ताः / हस्तासः¹ hástāḥ / hástāsaḥ¹ |
| Vocative | हस्त hásta |
हस्तौ hástau |
हस्ताः / हस्तासः¹ hástāḥ / hástāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | हस्तम् hástam |
हस्तौ hástau |
हस्तान् hástān |
| Instrumental | हस्तेन hástena |
हस्ताभ्याम् hástābhyām |
हस्तैः / हस्तेभिः¹ hástaiḥ / hástebhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | हस्ताय hástāya |
हस्ताभ्याम् hástābhyām |
हस्तेभ्यः hástebhyaḥ |
| Ablative | हस्तात् hástāt |
हस्ताभ्याम् hástābhyām |
हस्तेभ्यः hástebhyaḥ |
| Genitive | हस्तस्य hástasya |
हस्तयोः hástayoḥ |
हस्तानाम् hástānām |
| Locative | हस्ते háste |
हस्तयोः hástayoḥ |
हस्तेषु hásteṣu |
| Notes |
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Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “हस्त”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1294.
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