هستم

Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *Háhmi, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hásmi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésmi, from *h₁es- (“to be”). Can be analyzed as هست (hast, “there is, there are”) +‎ ـم (-am, “am”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈhas.tam/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hás.t̪ʰäm]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hás.t̪ʰäm]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔást̪ʰäm]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔást̪ʰäm]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hǽs.t̪ʰæm]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hás.t̪ʰäm]

Readings
Classical reading?	hástam
Dari reading?	hastam
Iranian reading?	hastam
Tajik reading?	hastam

Verb

Dari	هستم
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ҳастам

هستم • (hastam)

1. first-person singular present of بودن (budan, “to be”); am